> However, everyone who tries to affect change in bureaucratic organizations knows that the worst things are not the word ‘no’ but complete silence.
Sounds like the issue is the bureaucratic organizations, not the people who choose to be silent about certain issues/topics.
I explained that badly. The people who compose bureaucratic institutions are silent. Going neutral, not taking a stance, no comments, are the safe moves, and produce no change either good or bad. Depriving institutions of neutrality is a way to erode their power. This is a tool activists have.
Sounds like the issue is the bureaucratic organizations, not the people who choose to be silent about certain issues/topics.