As tempting as it might be to go along with the crowd today, you simply cannot afford to let popular opinion shape even a single one of your decisions: it may seem harmless to do something just to make everyone else happy, but in the end it will put you in uncomfortable, false situations. Being popular is not worth sacrificing your independent thinking or your goals. So do what you want to do: push as hard as you want and ignore what other people think. You have to stay true to your idealistic nature.