Getting real aggressive and “checking people”

Getting real aggressive and “checking people” Basically I’m just ranting y’all can’t respond how y’all want but anyways So at work I kinda been tolerating disrespect people saying things about my stutter or just bout me general and I never said anything back to them at all I just let them walk all over me But recently In the past week i been getting aggressive with everybody checking everything not caring if things get physical I just been on that with everybody bout everything lately not tolerating no disrespect But I carious I’m only 20 I wanna know some opinions from some older people do you think fighting for your respect is worth it or not? Even if it causes you to end up in jail or losing your job