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Re:Google Employee Writes Memo About ‘The Burden of Being Bl... by seanmcdirmid on Friday August 16, 2019 @01:15PM (#20717241)
> Of course it is; it's merely an ambiguous one. It either means "I am happy with the status quo" or "I am too afraid to express opposition to the status quo."

No, silence often means “I’m not informed enough about this and don’t want to sound like a fool.” Heavens forbid people actually think before talking and not talk if they feel like they can’t say anything meaningful.

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Re:Google Employee Writes Memo About ‘The Burden of Being Bl... by gowld on Friday August 16, 2019 @01:52PM (#20717657)
That's "I'm wither uninterested or unable to speak up to ask for information." It's still a political statement.
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Re:Google Employee Writes Memo About ‘The Burden of Being Bl... by seanmcdirmid on Friday August 16, 2019 @02:01PM (#20717763)
Even if we asked for more information, you are assuming, or mandating, that we process it in real time, which is really difficult for those of normal intelligence. Also, being told something is completely different from having the life experience as context. Eg I could guess what it’s like to be a Uighur living in Guangzhou, I could even ask some questions, but really I still wouldn’t know enough to talk meaningfully about it.
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