(February 4, 2016 at 11:35 am)Nymphadora Wrote:(February 4, 2016 at 8:33 am)Brian37 Wrote: I am never an all or nothing person. I don't give a shit either, but context of situation matters. In the context of this forum nobody is forced to be here. But for minorities living under oppression or suspicion, it does matter. It also matters for kids in public schools whom cant leave.
It depends and is case by case, not all or nothing, not either or.
While I stand by what I said. Most of the time I do use tact and I am empathetic towards others. I'm not a bitch all the time. Just because I kept my post short, doesn't mean anyone should read more into it than what it was.
When you've walked in my personal shoes, then feel free to tell me about context of situations. And please don't presume to think that I am an all or nothing person or that I think things are only black or white. When it comes to RL situations, depending on what it is, depends on my reaction to it. Obviously. I do not like confrontation IRL. At all. I go out of my way to avoid it, but when someone backs me into a corner, I will stand up for myself and I will fight back.
I don't talk to very many people IRL because, thanks to my abusers, I have serious trust issues. I feel this is a safe place for me to come and vent because they don't know that I'm here and I can be more of myself.
And you have not walked in my shoes either. I was bullied as a kid and in high school, and I too still suffer from trust issues, so believe me I do understand. I was not presuming, I was merely adding to what you what you said for the benefit of the readers.
Yes when someone backs you into a corner, you have every right to fight back. I didn't have benefit of brothers or sisters or even one single friend on the street I grew up on. I didn't have my first friend until HS. I was adopted and it also didn't help that my adoptive parents had an authoritarian attitude and both were teachers raising a sensitive awkward pimple faced dork who didn't fit in.
