Those damn RPG'ers

Treat like a cunt, treated like a cunt.

Eye for an eye and the world goes blind, yo. OP should've responded better because overreacting upon overreacting only leads to an escalated conflict, and unless you wanna get your ass kicked one day, you should learn to de-escalate conflicts.

An eye for an eye is deescalating. You get punched, you punch back, shake hands, and everyone goes their own way. It pisses me the fuck off how everyone misinterprets this quote. It's not we keep bashing each other and trying to one-up the hits and then eventually we start throwing mininukes at each other. An eye for an eye means that everyone stops when the aggressor stops, not that the victim continues. An eye for an eye means that everyone is equally beat up in the end. An eye for an eye is the best way to resolve any conflict.

Sure, because getting punched, punching back and shaking hands is a totally realistic thing irl. Punching back would only escalate a conflict and you shouldn't do it unless you've been a victim of aggression for a longer time and you want to end it. Trying to fuck everyone up the same as you are fucked up will just make you spiteful. There's always a better solution.
Also, misinterpreting the quote? Sure because you are the only person in existence who can read dead people's minds and you know what Gandhi meant by it?

Because that's not what the quote says. Being all philosophical and shit, if you want to spread the message of pacificity then word it a different way.
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Obviously it's not how things [do] work, but it's how things [should] work. Vengeance is always the best policy. Then nobody would mess with anyone. Don't fight back? That's how we get bullies.

Again, you seem very sure about what the quote really means. But unless you personally met Gandhi and he explained it to you, I say there are multiple interpretations.
In my experience (which of course doesn't account for the whole but neither does your "vengeance is the best policy" opinion) the best way of dealing with bullies is ignoring them. Just like the "don't feed the troll" rule, bullies get excited when you respond to their bullying, but if you just go "whatevs", they're gonna get bored very quickly, and you won't have a problem with the authorities about beating someone up.

You can't ignore getting beat and going to a show of someone else's power does nothing for you.

Responding calmly to an obnoxious aggressor will make them desperate for a reaction and may harm their self esteem. Psychological damage is best damage.

A fist to the face is the best response to a foot in the gut.

You, my friend, don't know the true power of manipulation and psychological harm. Not to say that I do, most of the time I'm too nice to do anything like that to anyone, but I realize that it can have immense consequences without getting into trouble, if you do it right.