Bitch

I'm beginning to think that whenever I express an unpopular opinion, especially to the most obnoxious people, they automatically think I'm a bitch. It's pretty iritating. I think maybe the thing I'm doing wrong is the "la la la" attitude I have the rest of the 25 days of the month. Is it being a bitch to say what you truly feel even though you know it's going to upset someone? And I'm not talking about "ohh that dress makes you look fat". One of the conversations went something like this.

"I need to say this because it's pretty clear that you didn't understand what I was trying to convey the last time it came up. I don't use racial slurs. I don't like them and I tend to walk away whenever anyone starts using them". This was said to a long time friend. He recently decided he felt comfortable enough with me to start sharing these un-PC opinions. But this goes farther that being un-PC. It's downright caustic and it really screws up my day. Now I can look past a lot of things and I can really really be friends with most people. I know he's a good person. I know this kinda stuff goes back for as long as his family can remember. And generally speaking, I think the best things for people like that is to be around people who aren't racist and don't use racist language. It just really really pissed me off today and I couldn't hold my tongue any longer. Especially in text. Especially knowing my facial language wasn't speaking for itself.

So his response? Something equally as stupid as a racial slur.

"Wow you're a bitch. You let me know when you get off the rag and we can talk"

The only response I could come up with was "Don't hold your breath"

I hate it because I really do believe that it's really really important for people like that to be friends with people who are different from them. I think we really do have that much of an effect on each other. But that effect goes both ways. And he was really pissing me off. I wish him the best, but I have to get away from his venom.

grrrrrrrrrrr.