Passive refusal to interpret is itself a subjective speech act

Evidence

It may be, however, that the entire issue is rendered obsolete by the insight that the refusal to interpret, to add subjective ingredients, is in itself a subjective act and as such a priori significant. The individual subject who remains silent speaks not less but more through silence than when speaking aloud. — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry, 250

Categorization

Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims

• XREF: Resonates with the reader’s prior knowledge on silence as positive presence from One Square Inch of Silence and Deep Listening — the silence rhetoric parallels.