Well, I have a REALLY hard time with comebacks, even when they come readily to mind. I'm still scarred from my holy-roller parents, so when people say stupid, hateful things I just get this disbelieving, aching, horrified feeling in the pit of my stomach and I can't really say anything. Knowing my family, I know there is nothing that I could say to these people to change their minds, and that there are a lot more of them out there than me. There have been too many situations where I've tried to argue and the whole room just unites against me. Living in Texas doesn't help.
