[Spike frowns, leaning forward and actually placing a hand on Flat's shoulder.]

Hey... if they treated you shit just 'cuz of you being yourself? They're not worth appeasing. People everywhere'll want you to act a certain way and conform to what they think of as normal and it'll just make you miserable to try and give that to them.

[Spike's morals are odd, for one. Murder and torture? Okay and dandy. Being shitty to people for not acting within their expectations of normality? Scum.] You wanna know what helped me? Killing everyone who ever laughed at me for that shit. You should give it a shot.