about silence of opinions

crosspost from minecraft tumblr . this is applicable to basically all walks of life , but this come up on radar frequently with minecraft youtube blogs , genuinely , hence specification of mcyters .

sometimes there is so much to talk about with bad and bigoted behaviour of mcyters - between big and small , between wholehearted and accidentally ignorant - that to actually keep up with everything can feel nightmarish , especially with expectation that everyone should have public opinions . 

in general , people often have impression that silence is out of centrism or attempt at " apoliticism " but honestly :

1. do not want to put foot in mouth by way of other people's words - possibly fail to fully grasp those words , possibly agree with some but not all , possibly struggle to pinpoint feelings and need more time , possibly do not have personal experiences with subject and want to not tokenise one specific opinion , and so on
2. especially do not want to put foot in mouth by way of personal words - not everything need everyone's personal input , and pressures to make personal opinions public can lead to rushed nonsense that later need to reconsider anyways

some people can handle those situations with grace , but already have enough troubles with words as is , and people will very happily pick apart " poor english " even further if not immediately perfect . so unless really feel like have something potentially useful to say , or at least can keep vent under control , do often prefer to just read . 

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