[throwawayyx96]

Staying silent isn't an endorsement of the status quo. Similarly, we shouldn't have any expectation that company X or Hollywood celebrity Y owes it to us to denounce whatever the twitterverse currently finds distasteful. Entitled people on social media love the fact that they can bait companies into every political squabble nowadays.

[dragonwriter]

> Staying silent isn't an endorsement of the status quo.

Yes, acceptance of the status quo without active opposition is endorsement of the status quo as good enough.

It may be “good enough” because you actually approve or “good enough” because it's too far down your list of priorities to do anything about right now or “good enough” because you can't even be bothered to care what's going on, among other options, but it all effectively amounts to the same thing in practical terms, however different they might be in terms of your internal feelings.

[calcifer]

> Staying silent isn’t an endorsement of the status quo.

If you stay silent, supporters of the status quo can simply say “see? people are happy with it; if they weren’t more would complain”.

So once again, neutrality is a myth and the only people who claim otherwise are those who are content with the status quo.

[forgottenpass]

>If you stay silent, supporters of the status quo can simply say “see? people are happy with it; if they weren’t more would complain”.

And their fallacious reasoning should be laughed at. Loudly and often.

The alternate is even MORE conductive to enforcing the status quo. When people have to be maximally political all the time, they either have to constantly deal with the blowback inherent to sharing ideas that aren't palatable to the status quo, or outwardly agree with the status quo (for convenience and/or safety).

If everyone voices an opinion (but not necessarily THEIR opinion), supporter of the status quo can simply say "see? people are happy with it; if they weren't more people would be dissenting"

[gowld]

> should be laughed at.

So you agree that silence is the wrong choice?

[nybble41]

Supporters of the status quo can say whatever they want; that doesn't make it true. The absence of complaints does not imply that people are "happy" with the situation, and silence is not an endorsement of anything. Anyone who claims otherwise should take some time to learn about basic logical fallacies.