Better to Fight in Silence

A claim of having heard the blasphemous n-word easily transforms any victim into the villain. [More]

So much for the advice to "Use your words."

Thing is, and I haven't had occasion to weaponize this particular slur, but I've gotten out of more than one altercation back when I was young and immortal by sizing up a potential assailant and deciding it was worth trying an aggressive verbal assault before things got real -- in other words, the posturing worked and stopped the violence.

[Via Michael G]