I like your idea better -- don't return the insults. Don't argue back. (I like it. Doesn't mean I could do it.) But you really need to get back to that plantation the second it reopens. (And, yes. I know that's not a literal place, but my mind took off imagining you running away to a plantation in the snow.)
Really though, you'll need a place to scream, be yourself, and get away however you can manage that. Is 16 too old to build a tree fort? Because anything to get some quiet time is desperately needed.