I know what you mean, I really do. I've been spoken about in pretty harsh terms at various times, and yep, it cut deep, and I've also been sensitive to public a

I know what you mean, I really do. I've been spoken about in pretty harsh terms at various times, and yep, it cut deep, and I've also been sensitive to public attacks on others I admired, or even didn't much admire but could see myself in their shoes. So yep, I get it. But over time I've learned that if you do anything that challenges the status quo, you'll attract public criticism and worse. Some of it may be valid, in which case the target wins by learning from it. In other cases it's unfounded and cruel, and thus it reflects more on the attacker than the target, and the way to win is by being unaffected and just walking away. A sure way to lose is for it to affect your own sense of inner peace and react in a way that perpetuates the negativity.