> Also, if you voluntarily choose not to say something, nothing has been taken from you. Nothing external has been imposed upon you.

Nothing? If I see an injustice happening in society, and “voluntarily” choose not to voice my concern, nothing has been taken from or imposed upon me?

> This is what makes speaking up in the face of opposition a brave act in the first place.

Indeed, one that people have been imprisoned, tortured, and even killed for