Sometimes the right call gets you unfollowed. Make it anyway and let time do the PR.

Approval is a lagging indicator, and it responds to how a decision feels now rather than to whether it was correct. Doing the right thing can therefore look exactly like a mistake for a while, sometimes a long while. The only defence is knowing why you chose it, in writing if necessary, so the quiet stretch does not rewrite your memory of the reasoning.

If you made a call you still believe in and it has cost you something, write down your reasons and put the note away. Do not argue for it constantly. Let the result be the argument and check back in a few months.