... I've been called really stubborn before - an idiot with a one-track mind, like it was my only good trait.

So I don't think I'm a pushover about everything... but this isn't something to be stubborn over. It's not like you're actually trying to give me a hard time, right?

[he'll wince when he's insulted - but he at least bounces back quick, given that he's pretty sure white isn't actually trying to hurt him or anything]