Oh no, it’s always in the mud; just, you should have a giant vacuum hose and a teflon coated skin-tight suit.
And unless you haven’t noticed, turning the other cheek is their dumbass idea.
I don’t know what to tell you, public perception may very well ruin any hopes a legitimate position may have of gaining purchase in the minds of the many, if those that promote sanity in society merely don’t bring it to the “Fightin’ Pigs”.
But you’re cool. So, sweet brah, no need to worry about it. Nihilistic, just-world complacency always seems to win out in the end anyway.