Question of the day:

[featherynscale]

It is my understanding that in this culture, the proper response to random verbal abuse is to yell back, "Well, fuck you, then!" or some such brilliant retort. wolfieboy made a post about the tendency to do this about a week and a half ago.

So, my question is this: If you are the recipient of random verbal abuse and you have no particular urge to respond in the socially acceptable manner, i.e. by throwing it right back, is it more likely that you're enlightened/polite, or that you're apathetic/inured to abuse?

Comments

[capriciouslass.livejournal.com]

I think that's really a personal opinion. I often refuse to rise to the bait when someone does throws verbal abuse my direction. That may make the other person believe that I'm apathetic or weak, but I feel that it's better than letting a situation spiral out of control.