An idea can be ahead of its audience without being wrong.

Being ahead and being wrong feel identical from the outside, because both produce the same reaction. An audience can only judge against what it currently understands, and something that has not yet built its context will read as a mistake for a while. The verdict is about timing, not truth.

This is not a reason to ignore every criticism. Ask whether people are objecting to the thing itself or to its unfamiliarity. If it is the second, your task is patience and translation rather than abandonment.