Don't get another hobby. Just get a thicker skin.
People will express their disagreement with you in different ways. You shouldn't worry about that.
We go through the back up QB thing every year, it seems. That doesn't mean you are wrong. It does mean that some people will put you in the "backup QB box" and then take their exasperation at that box and express it at you.
Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good.