User blog comment:TheToughGuy/My Question To You All: No. 20/@comment-4833053-20130327221138/@comment-4675595-20130327225241

It can be hard, yeah. I don't blame you for - public school's a real bitch. But trust me, giving them the satisfaction of knowing they can get to you will only egg them on.

But, as the old cliche goes, violence is never the answer. If you're the first one to throw a punch, it means you've lost your cool and run out of words, and that'd make you the idiot in that situation. Why not turn their words around on them? Next time someone hurls some homophobic insult at you, give 'em a smile and say, "Don't you wish?"

(Fun fact: Some bimbo underclassmen girls in high school thought they were being clever and asked if I had a dick. I told them to come back to me in four years and I'd let them check. They left me alone for the rest of the year.)