Well, how I look at it:
   We can't seem to change everybody's way of thinking. Hater's
   gonna hate - it's what they do.

   BUT...

   It _is_ possible to find/join/create _subcultures_ within the
   main culture that agree with you. Form a wall of protection. In
   your own chosen subculture, you _are_ free to express in the
   ways that perhaps the overarching society might not.

   So, pockets of shared freedoms.
   After all, every aspect of culture once started off as
   subcultures that became popular and modified the then culture.