yeah i usually don't even bother fighting with ignorant people online, but in real life is a whole different story. i had always been the type of person to never say anything back in fear of being picked on, and would rather ignore someone if i didn't agree with them, until recently. now i started adopting what i call a "zero bullshit policy"
i learned that it's important to speak up for ourselves and others.
for example at my uni people often complain about, or make fun of, asian students.
the old me would have probably not said anything but i refused to silently be a part of it, and i called out people for being racist. same thing with mysoginists, who always feel like they can say anything because no one calls them out on their behaviour. at first i was scared i'd be making myself unlikeable in this new environment, but i discovered people would actually agree with me, but didn't want to say anything at first, sometimes even the ones who were talking shit at the beginning realize how wrong what they were saying is, after thinking about it!
the secret is to make the racists/mysoginists etc. angry and uncomfortable, while not letting myself be bothered by it. otherwise they'd never stop saying these things, thinking everyone agrees with them. i used to let it slide and just get very angry thinking about it for the rest of the day, but now? hell no. YOU get angry for the rest of the week for being called out because you're an ignorant idiot
george. i spoke my mind and will go on with the rest of my day thinking i did the right thing at least.
(even though some people might not like it)
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