[tarxvf]

One always has the right to remain silent, for any reason. Compelled speech is immoral. (And rights do not come from the government)

The people telling you otherwise are not interested in protecting you or anyone else.

[ethanbond]

Rights don’t come from your government but the protection of those rights does, so tomato tomato.

[jvanderbot]

You have the right to remain silent during questioning outside court. By the way have you seen how far this has degraded? You can't remain silent until you say you are remaining silent explicitly by claiming this right.

But, I'm not sure you have the right to not speak in court when called to testify.

[jvanderbot]

For anyone who wants to read up on the erosion of the right to remain silent.

https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/two-supreme-court-cases-...

In particular, here's a quick overview of the idea that you need to speak to invoke your right to remain silent, rather than just remaining silent.

https://versustexas.com/blog/miranda-right-to-remain-silent/