4iery: I respond in keeping with the nature of the interaction. If it's a blessing offered, I return a blessing. If it's religious information being passed on as fact, I return facts. If it's asshattery, I begin by returning an assertion that whatever asshattery it is only applies to people of the asshat's religion, and therefore not to me. Sometimes I get assier from there, but I try not to. If it's just "I love Jesus!", then they get "I'm awfully fond of Thoth" or similar. A non sequitur for a non sequitur.
TRUFAX (related): In my heavily-Christian office, I have a statue of Ganesha (the agency motto is about opening doors, so he seems appropriate). I also wear an ankh almost every day. I behave as if these are normal things to do, because, of course, they are. Nobody has ever yet so much as looked at me cross-ways about it. My strategy for dealing with privilege is simply to behave as if I have it, and let people admit that they think they're better or more deserving than me if they want to call me out on it. Hardly anyone ever does.
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Date: 2010-09-21 06:23 pm (UTC)TRUFAX (related): In my heavily-Christian office, I have a statue of Ganesha (the agency motto is about opening doors, so he seems appropriate). I also wear an ankh almost every day. I behave as if these are normal things to do, because, of course, they are. Nobody has ever yet so much as looked at me cross-ways about it. My strategy for dealing with privilege is simply to behave as if I have it, and let people admit that they think they're better or more deserving than me if they want to call me out on it. Hardly anyone ever does.