Almost hit off my bike for calling out someone littering
I was cycling back from work after already getting a flat so I was in a foul mood already and saw a guy littering out of his car. I just got up next to the car and said “you’re a fucking grim bastard”.
He looked shocked for a second then got really aggressive and said, “I’m gonna hit you off your bike.” He then swerved his car toward where I was riding forcing me to go down a side street that he swerved into. I managed to get out of the way and he didn’t hit me and he sped off.
Obviously, I realise I probably shouldn’t have engaged with someone who was already behaving like a prick, and in hindsight I’d have been better off just carrying on. But I’m also struggling with feeling like I somehow caused the situation by saying something.
If he had actually hit me, would people consider that partly my fault because I verbally provoked him? Or was I right to call out the littering, even if I could have handled it better?
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