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I'm not really following your logic with trying to shut up racist people by speaking in a foreign language
Any time you stand up for yourself there's a risk of escalation, and the only way to sway off (some of) the assholes is to convince them that you are not afraid to escalate
Unfortunately some of them are just looking for an excuse to escalate, so the language you use doesn't really matter if you respond
i edited the post to clarify the nature of these interactions (TLDR: further escalation is highly unlikely but maybe avoid making it sound like an insult)
honestly i don't want to directly say that i'm not afraid to escalate (otherwise i would've used English insults) but i still want to say something without them ending the exchange as if they were able to say what they said/do what they did with no consequences.
usually i just stay quiet and ignore them, but i know that i shouldn't be afraid to talk back and that not talking back usually enables them to do it again (if we pass by on a regular basis)
basically i want to end the exchange with something they could take as an insult but will never know the nature of to confuse/slightly irritate them that they aren't able to properly take offence with it i guess
"Scivey" (pronounced "sky-vee") is a good east coast Canada insulting adjective. Untrustworthy, shifty, up to no good. "Scivey fucker wants to borrow cash but he already owes me fifty bucks from last month."
Another good one is "christer" (pronounced "Christ-er"). It has connotations of a bratty child, but a brat who enjoys being cruel. Often prefixed with "little" for a little added emphasis. "Little christer was kicking the neighbor's poor dog."
And that's not even getting into the sacrilegious glory of Quebecois insults.
thanks! "christer" sounds good. looked at the Wikipedia and "toton", "torrieu" and "marde" sounded cool too
is there really a whole system to Quebecois insults? didn't think there were different levels to it too lol
in Brazil we have "teu cu" (pronounced kind of like "tayo coo", but kinda skipping the y sound), which literally means "your butthole", it's what you say when somebody says something stupid and you don't really care enough to respond with any amount of effort
but please, do be careful fucking around with outspoken racist scum like that, pick your battles and stay safe
i edited the post to clarify the nature of these interactions (TLDR: further escalation is highly unliikely but maybe avoid making it sound like an insult)
"teu cu" seems fine for me and doesn't sound insulting in English too, so thanks!
gori gaijin gweilo gringo ghost
however if you're going to escalate, especially in the yew.ess.ayy, you have to be prepared for a 2A standoff, which means you also have to be prepared to go to jail for the rest of your life, which also means you have to be prepared to do a lite lil mayo$ide right after what happens to squeeze maximum utility out of your life
basically just don't respond or be prepared to go full dorner
the best course of action is to ignore anything mayos say, find other nonwytes and play paintball in the forest on a regular basis with them. And make good worldbuilding plans! Make sure you own a toyota hilux
see my reply to @mayo_cider (and my post edit)
also thanks for the insults