Do you think it is wrong to mouth off to someone if they are rude to you?

United States
September 16, 2009 12:36pm CST
I think if someone is being rude you can mouth back and give them a piece of your mind. Why should you stand there and just take it. I feel you are only being fair by mouthing back. If you don't people take advatage of the situation and will walk all over you and that is not fair to any indiviual to put up with that. I think you need to stand up for your self and mouth back especially if you did not start the argument.
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• United States
28 Apr 10
no I dont rudeness will be returned in kind if someone gets rude with me I will get rude right back! but if they treat me with respect then I will show them the same respect
@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
17 Sep 09
Nothing wrong with mouthing off but sometimes I don't always come up with the word English is my second language and I'm faster typing than speaking If you are fast at finding words for argument, that's good but in my case it would take time although I always make sure that when I say it, it would act like a sword going through their hearts and stop it from beating I'm good at hurting people or hurting them back but usually I take my time find the right word
@sblossom (2168)
16 Sep 09
It depends. If it’s really important I will talk with the person who is rude to me. if it’s not important I would ignore it. I think being rude to others is not good as well as less educated behaviour. I would not want to have any connection with people like that. Life told me sometimes you think you are insulted, but sometimes it is not like that. If you ignore the rudeness it would be bigger hit to the person. Silent is a more powerful weapon sometimes.
@sredith (239)
• United States
16 Sep 09
I always mouth back to people if they want to be rude or negative toward me. The way I see it, those kinds of people are used to saying whatever they want to people and probably never suffer and sort of repercussion for that, so once someone puts them in their place maybe they'll think twice about being so rude to people in the future!
• India
16 Sep 09
Depends upon the situation . Difficult to answer.
@geebobuk (135)
16 Sep 09
I agree that you should stand up for yourself if someone is rude to you. Whether you mouth off at them in return is debatable. There are probably more subtle ways of getting your point across, may be with a little bit of humour, to show them that you won't let them walk all over you. You have to bear in mind that some people who are rude to you don't even realise they are doing it.
@Tantrums (945)
• Philippines
16 Sep 09
I usually try to leave when this happens, it doesn't always end nice during mouth offs! So it's better to leave than making it worse...
• United States
16 Sep 09
I think it definitely depends on the environment you're in. If you're at work in a meeting with a client and u believe someone is being rude then, you let it go and maybe confront it later, depending upon who the person is.... your co-worker or someone who is connected with your client. If you're at a ball game and someone says something off the wall or does something off the wall then you do what needs to be done.