Dealing with AI hate

I don’t love AI but I don’t hate it. Personally I won’t ever use gen AI for actual writing or for final product cover design but I love using the toolbox tools for editing and marketing. So many Christian authors and readers in my circle are against any use even for marketing (other than spell checks). I respect anyone’s opinions but I feel like I don’t want to speak up in forums/conversations/etc. I want to be honest with my audience on how it’s used but don’t want to start a fire. Will the fire around the conversation die down eventually or am I looking at being blacklisted by people whose opinions I respect otherwise. Just ranting here