I've been thinking about EXACTLY this the past few days. I came to the conclusion that while yes, we are to turn the other cheek, Christians shouldn't be doormats! That being said I finally quit my retail side job this week because I couldn't bear any longer how the cashier ladies were treating me. It's not wrong to stand up for oneself and taking endless abuse will only make us become miserable in my opinion.

This actually reminds me of something I read a while ago which never let me go, I'll try to dig it up again.

I hate that forgiveness is presented as the opposite to justice by most Christians. It's so toxic. The mandate to forgive then becomes a mandate to abandon justice. And to hunger and thirst for justice, as we are called to do, becomes an act of disobedience because we're not being forgiving enough.

You were calling for your own justice imo. You stood up for yourself and ended the injustice you patiently endured beforehand.