I have accasionally been told I'm 'celebrating', or 'glorifying' war by wearing a poppy, but I've found that, if my explanation as to what the poppy means to me personally doesn't get the critic out of my face, a friendly invitation to 'fuck off and mind your own business' usually does the trick.

It's a rare occurrence though, far less frequent than the exhortations from the 'you're a traitor if you don't' brigade.