Let's be honest: ignoring is acting, and nothing more - acting as though the words, or actions of your oppresors don't hurt. you hear the words, you feel the insults, and you bear the blows. you can act deaf and impervious to pain, but the stabs and the arrows pierce you anyway.
The Wounded Spirit: For Those Who Wound or Are Wounded (ed. Thomas Nelson Inc, 2000) - ISBN: 9780849990168