I can only speak for myself, I don’t speak for a “community…

I can only speak for myself, I don’t speak for a “community” and I don’t think anyone else does either. I upvoted a reply I found thoughtful. That’s not hiding, that’s using the tools the platform gives us.
I didn’t engage with your original post because I didn’t agree with how it was framed, and I didn’t think it was worth getting into. That’s not silence out of fear or laziness - it’s just choice.
You’ve made a lot of assumptions about people you don’t know. That might be part of why you didn’t get the response you wanted. Just some honest feedback. I wish you the absolute best.