Today is Groundhog Day. And, in case you need to be reminded, a random rodent in Pennsylvania has no ability to tell us how long the winter is going to be.
If someone has a problem with something you like or do, reframe it as something you ARE.
This demonstrates to them that they don't simply wish you'd behave differently—they wish you didn't exist.
Their logic exposed as genocidal, they'll be too cowardly to express it.