When someone says something stupidly offensive what do you do?* I  get angry and feel hurt (but of course don’t let it show). But if I act without thinking I usually make things worse. But if I swallow the hurt it always comes out anyway, maybe at a co-worker or family member. Plus if I don’t speak, I let the speaker off the hook, and maybe the behavior continues, or gets worse.

Have you wished you’d spoken up, or wished you’d found a different way to respond? Care to discuss?

*By the way, people on the Left are as guilty of this as anyone else. More on this next week…

Conversation One
Wednesday, October 17, 2018, @ 4:30 PM [Late arrivals/early departures are welcome!],
Soujourner Truth Library Conference Room (M39)

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