"You have strong opinions."
My response: "Thank you! People with weak opinions aren't worth much energy. Thanks for using your energy for delivering a backhanded compliment. You gave me energy because I'm stronger than you'll ever be. Stay jealous."
Walk away & don't even give them a look back. Let people who think giving backhanded compliments is a good idea - suffer their own public consequences, when they run into people like me who bark back better & louder.
There's good reasons why I paint my own jacket/shirt backs when going to government courts/offices. They can read my messages, when I walk away/led away in handcuffs for trying to confront corrupted politicians in public spaces.
I will keep on discomforting the comfortable & privileged muthafuckers - locally first & beyond, second.