So are you saying that society has embraced the need for active consent?

So are you saying that society has embraced the need for active consent?

Until society embraces the need for active consent, silence will always be seen as mute acceptance.

There is no way to deal with them other than to walk the fuck away, you know like teachers used to tell me when I was a kid.

Your absolutism has me all confused.

You respond to trolls with facts. I’m not sure what level of engagement that is to be honest. It’s probably an unfair burden, as the average troll is either a Gish galloper or making a bad faith argument, both of which require more work for the non-troll than the troll, but honestly that’s the responsibility of…

This is an interesting point. As a teacher, I can prove my professionalism and excellence, but likely none of those will prevent me from eventually getting fired, as that I work with at risk youth in an alternative school and eventually I will get caught in the numbers crunch of state testing.

Oh, agreed. But overt resistance isn’t silent dissent. Nor were mass protests, sabotage and physically helping Jews escape.

Silent dissent. Oh yeah, heroic and wonderfully effective throughout history.

You just ignore them. Silence is always the best insult.