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Nevermind the deleted comment. I was making a jab at another comment (or was it post?) that said men aren't allowed to have feelings. You came off as really condescending, which is why I flipped the post on it's head with a related incident. Well I'm an egalitarian, so I don't there's much of a difference between us. I was also raised pretty goddamn good, meaning that if some woman comes up to me and tells me to smile, I'm going to look her in the eye and shake my head no and then continue doing what I'm doing. Why? Manners. Yeah it was a bit disrespectful, but you know what? I wasn't disrespected enough for me to look her dead in the face and openly say "Go fuck yourself." I digress you're right, I should fall back on "Fuck off." every time it happens, if ever again. Relying the fact that I'm male to justify my telling a woman to fuck off for saying "You should smile more."

EDIT: I was going to be flip for the rest of what you said, but in light of your PM I'm going to let it go. Ignore was too strong of a word.