I realize this is the way it is around the country. I love it. If people don't hate you, you're irrelevant. If I'm traveling and I have any type of Patriots gear on I love when people have something to say. It's always funny the teams that the Patriots have crushed the most, taken the most from, their fans have the most to say. It's a tool the haters and losers (of which there are many) use to discount everything that Patriots have done. They got caught cheating one day, one game, in 2007. They were filming the Jets sideline in an unapproved filming area.
One of my favorites was while drinking at a bar in AZ the day before SB49 a group of Seahawks fans (least educated fans I've ever met btw) were saying cheater this cheater that. I stay well educated on every team's form of cheating in the NFL. I asked them if they thought running illegal practices was cheating - they said yes. I asked them if having the most PED suspensions in a year was cheating - they said yes. They had no idea they were saying their beloved Seahawks were cheating. The only thing Seahawks fans know about football is to yell when the other team has the ball and if someone yells "SEA!!" you say "HAWK!!!"
But see this is another reason people hate the Pats. Their fans aren't humble in the slightest. They love to gloat and call every other team losers and act like their team has transcended the NFL and deserve their own league. Just enjoy it while you can because your time is almost up, and once it is, the rest of the NFL fan base is going to be shitting down Pats fans throats for so long, it'll be the only thing they ever taste again.