Clarification: For me, the general worry is something like “if I get quoted, I need to make sure that it’s not misleading (which can happen even if the person quoting me didn’t mean to be misleading), and that takes time and effort and noticing all the places where I’m quoted, and it’s just easier to not say things at all”.
(Other people may have more worries, like “If I say something that could be interpreted as being critical of the organization, and that becomes sufficiently well-publicized, then I might get fired, so I’ll just never say anything like that.”)
Clarification: For me, the general worry is something like “if I get quoted, I need to make sure that it’s not misleading (which can happen even if the person quoting me didn’t mean to be misleading), and that takes time and effort and noticing all the places where I’m quoted, and it’s just easier to not say things at all”.
(Other people may have more worries, like “If I say something that could be interpreted as being critical of the organization, and that becomes sufficiently well-publicized, then I might get fired, so I’ll just never say anything like that.”)