# How I failed in challenging evil.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-failed-in-challenging-evil/623246>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 27, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-failed-in-challenging-evil/623246 "2012-05-27T14:44:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-failed-in-challenging-evil/623246/21 "2012-05-28T21:28:25Z")

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I would have answered “why don’t you shut your fucking mouth before I stuff your old ass in that envelope receptacle.”  
Of course, I would have also said that if he has said “good morning”. I don’t like strangers striking up a conversation with me.

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-failed-in-challenging-evil/623246/22 "2012-05-29T14:02:12Z")

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I had a similar [experience](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=649435) recently.

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**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-failed-in-challenging-evil/623246/23 "2012-05-29T14:15:32Z")

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I’m more worried about antisemitic, racist, or homophobic scumbags who _can_ figure out how to work things like ATMs and bank accounts than I am about the other kind.

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-failed-in-challenging-evil/623246/24 "2012-05-31T19:36:07Z")

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Still, it’s fun to think of all the things one \*could \*have said to the old racist.

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