ok, so I've got this friend who i've known since preschool, we used to be tight you know, but at the moment he's a bit insecure about something (IDK what), He's one of those guys for try and hide it by attacking others. He's been spreading the fact that im a furry around, and where I go to school, anything abnormal is just an new excuse for to stone someone verbaly I don't want to lose him as a friend ,but i can't stand to much more verbal abuse. Any suggestions?