Depends on the type of hate your talking about
If your referring to those who call us “Dog fuckers” I normally show the like 98% of us that are against those who do that kind of stuff, and if it continues I’ve always thought of showing a piece of furry art vs a normal dog with an explanation to what we find acceptable
If your referring to those who call us horny all the time, I can’t exactly call them wrong but I do have proof we can also be wholesome(for example Nightzy, Wholesome Werewuffs, or other cute SFW works)
Other than that the only hate I mainly see is those who see all the bad and never look at the good(aka most of the internet) because god forbid any group have any bad apples but normally I just show some of the statistics and wholesome stuff while acknowledging that yes some of us do give the fandom a bad name but most of us are semi-normal people with semi-normal lives