The Politics of Silence

The other day, I posted this tweet:

The Desert Father Abbot Pastor said, "Any trial whatever that comes to you can be conquered by silence."

— Carl McColman (@CarlMcColman) July 25, 2017

And a friend of mine posted this reply:

https://twitter.com/alileighlilly/status/889944174648111104

To which I made this immediate response:

We need more than one word for si…