There are some insults that can’t be ignored. For instance when one is accused of lying to a Board of Directors and one’s Committee Members. This happened in our neck of the woods over the past week. The offended felt the insult so beyond the pale that she did respond by telling the Board Members that their insult was so disgusting as to make her physically sick to her stomach. She also resigned in the same email.
There is a time to let something go and a time to stand up for what is right even if it means that one takes the arrows. The former Chair is presently asking God to show her what she needs to learn from interaction with people who have no compunction of behaving in an unbusiness like, highschoolish manner.
I would say that this is not unlike what Christ commanded. She did not return the favor, and offered them the "other cheek" by not doing so. If they chose to continue berating her, that would've been their prerogative, but she did not escalate matters. We are not obliged to continue to sit there and receive insults, merely we must not respond in kind. Further, if answering their charges requires speaking the truth, how is that any different than Christ's actions in response to His questioning?
There is a time to let something go and a time to stand up for what is right even if it means that one takes the arrows. The former Chair is presently asking God to show her what she needs to learn from interaction with people who have no compunction of behaving in an unbusiness like, highschoolish manner.
Letting it go or standing up and taking the arrows are both turning the other cheek. A slap is a mere insult - when an insult is coupled with an injustice, you certainly may attempt to rectify that injustice with proper means.