Putting Yourself Out there

One concept we keep coming across is that of a “silent majority.” It is a concept easily ridiculed, because if they are the majority, why are they silent?

It is also a concept that proves itself again and again. The early eruptions of tea parties here, the demonstration I attended in Portugal when I was (I think) sixteen.

The problem is that “the silent majority” brings up the wrong image. This is not a crowd of people sitting at attention, stewing, unable to speak.

A more accurate name would...