Originally Posted By: BranShea
Originally Posted By: doc_comfort
To me it refers to that part of the populace who are not socially vocal / politically active / seen to be "involved" / etc on any particular issue, yet they far outnumber their opposites (the "vocal minority"). I hear it most in political discussions. For example, the vocal minority makes a lot of noise about green living / vegan eating / recycling yet the silent majority continues to throw their burger wrappers out of the windows of their Hummers.


Doesn't this do injuste to large parts of the silent majority who just behave decently?


Probably, but I was trying to provide an example. I was not trying to imply they do the wrong thing, but rather they do / believe the "norm" even though the ab-norm is more promoted. Or something like that.