Hey, it ain't your fault, my friend. As you already know, it's just the way of the world ... some people simply insist on being assholes ... and it isn't always easy not to instantly react to their provocations. I catch myself about to go off from time to time, but if I take a quick breath and think about it for a moment, it usually passes. Of course ... I've been known to be an asshole every once in a while myself ... but, only to Georgia Bulldawgs, don'tcha know.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence