If 10 people hate you and only 3 people like you ... which ones are wrong about you and which ones are right about you? Or all they all right about you and simply just have different levels of bias or transference towards you?
There is always a handful of people who think that negativity is some inevitable thing that must be endured or else you're not strong. Wanting peace and choosing positivity isn't weakness, it's wisdom.
Engaging in a war of futility doesn't make you brave. Sacrificing your light against an endless tide of darkness only means you have less for the people who deserve that light most ... including yourself.