I know the feeling, people don't give two shits about us lately when we don't talk about banning guns, and they find it appalling when we defend gun rights. I survived the Columbine shooting and I'm still defending guns while still also arguing for banning public schools.
Had my deaf ass been in a Charter school for the deaf and blind, I'd not have had that negative experience.
To be sure, the question was asked to me on Facebook, which is essentially groupthink, so nobody was allowed to encourage my words, even if they agreed. If they gave two shits, they had to hold that shit in. Nobody dared 'like' the comment because it would imply to the group that they might agree with me, while many probably made no sense at all out of my words, presuming that I had finally lost my mind. ;)
Oh, right, Facebook. Screw everything about that. I dislike the group think stuff, I try to avoid it where possible. I don't mind a little bit of an echo chamber, but I don't think it's healthy to have everyone agree with me 100% of the time, sooooo I barely ever use Facebook and G+. Too anti-liberty for me.