{"id":121,"date":"2019-11-24T15:10:40","date_gmt":"2019-11-24T15:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/600hemphill.com\/?p=121"},"modified":"2019-11-24T15:32:05","modified_gmt":"2019-11-24T15:32:05","slug":"silence-golden-but-not-clear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/600hemphill.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/24\/silence-golden-but-not-clear\/","title":{"rendered":"Silence &#8211; golden, but not clear."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 33%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"295\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/600hemphill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/loose-lips-sink-ships-posters2.jpg?resize=295%2C450\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/600hemphill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/loose-lips-sink-ships-posters2.jpg?w=295&amp;ssl=1 295w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/600hemphill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/loose-lips-sink-ships-posters2.jpg?resize=197%2C300&amp;ssl=1 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Silence may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phrases.org.uk\/meanings\/silence-is-golden.html\">be golden<\/a>, but it does not clearly compel the arbitration of class claims. 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