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In reply to the discussion: No more MAGAt intimidation for me. [View all]niyad
(118,615 posts)come out of the box this way. I challenged the teachers (including nuns) in elementary school. I challenged the teachers, the principal, and the school board when I was in high school. In college during the anti-war years, I challenged the suits. When I was nearly mugged in Detroit in 1971, I was annoyed and pissed, thinking about how damned annoying and inconvenient it was going to be, having to replace all my ID. When one of the would-be muggers touched me, I screamed so loud and high-pitched that the neighbors (the would-be mugging occurred right in front of the house where I was visiting friends) ran out, thinking two animals were fighting. The idiots ran off. I have received multiple death threats as a feminist activist. One of my favourite, more recent threats, was a guy swearing that if he ever encountered a Biden voter, he would punch him in the face. I calmly said, "Here I am, do it." He didn't.
Different friends have commented over the years, "Do you have any idea how intimidating you look when you are out in public?", and, "Do you know you have on your "Do NOT even THINK about fucking with me face?".
Can it be taught? I truly do not know. Apparently, I was born a do-not-give-a-shit BIT*H. Why, I have absolutely no idea. One of the songs from "SUFFS" seems to have been created for me, "Great American Bitch". LOVE IT!!@