Mom's saying is morally reprehensible: if people around you are saying ghastly things - say, that Jews are underdogs and should be gassed (and numerous other, much less extreme cases) - then "saying nothing and keeping shut" will, through your silence, imply that you agree. This is largely how evil wins in the world, through the silence of good people in speaking out against bad ideas and actions.
But Dad may well have a point. For some people . . .
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