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He took it literally
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...the right to remain silent is literal. Don't do propaganda for cops and prosecutors. You can be completely silent; it is your right to, and you should exercise it (or reply "no comment", but literal silence falls under the right to remain silent too).
Actually, there was a Supreme Court case about this. If you just sit there and say nothing after they give you your Miranda rights, they can make assumptions about things or simply continue for as long as they want. The case concluded with- you must declare that you understand your rights in some way and that you are invoking that right.
The right to remain silent exists in plenty of places other than the US.
Throughline's We the People recently did an episode called, The Right to Remain Silent.
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