Mom always said.
“If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.
Never go into a hostile environment unless you are packing. Fire first.
If only everyone ascribed to that, how much more pleasant the world would be...and quieter, too. Come to think of it, many leftists would have nothing at all to say.
I stand mute.
So did my mom. It’s good advice which I practice often.
Whether it be women, bosses, cops, or whomever, when I speak is when I seem to get in trouble. (I tend to speak more truth than most people can handle in one shot.)
I’ve found that I’m better off if I just shut up. Some may think me stuck up, but then I tell them what I wanted to say, and they agree that it was better to remain silent.