I lost a little bit of faith in humanity today… - Help.com

:O Sadly, humanity is falling down… People are too scared and try to pretend they cant see if something bad is happening around them. And you did a good job by walking away, there is no sense of getting into a discussion with a fool.

It’s him that should have been gassed.

I have a great deal of respect for you. Walking away after such a hurtful batch of hatred being hurled at you is not an easy thing to do.

In fact, I’d do the same and walk away, but it would take all of my effort to do so, as it would be so much easier to knock his head off his shoulders.

He’ll be thrown back into the looney bin in no time, so don’t even give the w******* another thought. Easier said than done , I know. But you are obviously an incredibly strong person

That just downright WRONG! I can’t believe stupid people like even exsist today. I think HE’S the one that should be gased….
You sound like a much better person than that.

Some people are just di*ks.

That person doesn’t derserve to occupy your train of thought any longer.

Next time you see him, accidentally poke him in the eye with a sharp stick. That should put an end to his problem with you, and everybody else for that matter

that old man sounds like he has some problems, who knows what he could be going through to make him act that way, or maybe he is just mean. Either way, don’t let it bug you too much. People say things all the time, dont let his words de value yourself. Talk is cheap.

I was in the supermarket one day. I had my daughter with me, she was only 14 at the time. She was standing in front of the meat counter with me.

A grey haired, older man, approached the counter, but he must not have been able to see past my daughter, to see what was in the glass display. Instead of asking her to move, he decided he was going to be a smart a$$, and leant so far over her, she leant forward to try to get out of his way.

I turned to him and bluntly said, “excuse me, are you right there ? you could just say excuse me”.

His reply was, “get back to your own country you greasy wog b*tch.

Funnily enough, 4 generations of my family are born and bred in Australia. I’m probably more native than him.

I called him an ugly old w.a.n.k.e.r and walked away. He was still abusing me after I was 10 metres away. lol

Rocking Panda wrote:
The only thing I feel for them is pity…

Yes, because you are mentally sane and well balanced.

These people are the total opposite. Mentally, something isn’t right. And they are miserable, crabby people who generally make their own lives a depression pit, then blame the rest of the world for it, and are not worth your precious time.

We have a short time on this earth to enjoy as best we can. People like that will rot in their own sh*t, while you enjoy the rest of your happy life :)

Karma is a beautiful thing

The people who have abused me the most are homeless people. What does this tell me? People lash out at others when they are missing something inside: respect, affection, a sense of purpose and belonging. When they lack those things, they try to tear them away from other people to make themselves feel better.

Terrible that people act that way!

I’m not condoning this behaviour at all, but some old people are completly set in their ways, the world was different when they were younger and they find it harder to adapt, I just feel grateful that the hatred is starting to die out a bit more and people are much more open minded these days, remember these people did still fight in a war for us all, I once got hit by an old man’s walking stick I’m still not sure what I even done wrong I was just getting on the bus I had waited in line like the rest of the people I was letting people on as I do I always just wait till last and he came from nowhere and hit me with his stick and swore pushed in front, strange I would have let him in front of me anyway having been brough up to respect my elders, lost a bit of respect for them that day tho I have to admit

He possibly has a mental health problem… not that that makes the experience you had any better but could explain an outburst from nowhere.

It saddens me that no one stepped in though… People are scared of what could happen, bow their heads and pretend they aren’t witnessing it. I would like to think i would have stood up… at least to have give you my seat so you were out of his line of fire so to speak.

I’m sorry you had such an awful experience and hope it is not repeated.

Rocking Panda wrote:
I appreciate that some people, including the old can be stuck in their own stubborn ways and hold particular outdated views, but there is simply nothing to gain from acting in this manner. Respect is a two way process.

I know I completly agree, there is no need to lose faith in humanity tho, just because of one old mans outdated views, these old views are dying out, too them the way they were brought up respect was not a 2 way thing, elders just demanded respect and got it, just be grateful you are being brought up now when views are changing, and keep your faith in humanity it does exist

Your welcome.

The older generation do tend to have fixed ideas about things but that does not excuse his behaviour… but i do think for an outburst like that then he probably suffers from a mental health problem. I took into my home a Japanese student for a year, a lovely boy who was so polite and gentle. My whole community took him into their lives and he was made most welcome. The only person who could not accept him was my nanna…. Now she was a lovely woman who would do anything for anyone and was so kind and caring it shocked me that she couldn’t even bring herself to meet him. I finally got to the bottom of it though… My Grandad had been horribly tortured by japanese soliders, he lived but suffered for many many years afterwards from the things that had happened to him. My nanna could not bring herself to have anything to do with Japan…. She didn’t hold the boy responsible but she said there was no way of ever knowing who tortured her husband and if there was the slightest chance that she could be in the same room as someone who might have been related to her husband’s torturers then she couldn’t bring herself to enter the room. I don’t believe my nanna was racist… she would never have verbally or physically abused someone because of race or religion… she just preferred to have nothing to do with a particular country and people from that country.

Good, I hope it doesn’t happen again

It’s better that you stayed quiet rather than responding to that man. Why add fuel to his fire?