Silence Always Sides With Strength

The Hotpot | November 2025 | By Lisanne

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We can choose to believe the predator or his most prominent accuser.
Which sounds like a choice. But maybe it isn’t.

Because refusing to believe either doesn’t leave us neutral — it often means we’re giving the benefit of doubt to the one who already holds more power.

Silence tends to settle on the side of strength.
And disbelief doesn’t balance the scale; it tips it.

Jeffrey Epstein. Jimmy Savile.

Now both of them are gone. Dead, both of them, allegedly by their own hand.
And God knows what stories they took with them.

That’s what can happen when we confuse skepticism for neutrality.
When we label disbelief as “objectivity.”

The truth doesn’t vanish.
It just dies unheard.

Thank you for reading! The journal prompt of today:

When could you have acted instead of waiting to be “sure”?

Let me know in the comments.

Curious to see more reflections like this? Click through to see the rest of the series on emotional competency. I’d love to hear what resonates with you.