There will always be people who think that poets should only focus on uplifting and beautiful topics — readers who don't like to be made uncomfortable. But sometimes poetry's mission is to take people out of their comfort zone and make them uncomfortable.
Sometimes negative responses to that takes poets out of their comfort zone, too.
I guess the best advice is simply, "If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen." If you think that the work has artistic merit, and that something valuable can be learned from examining the troubling point of view it presents, it's up to you to decide whether the possible pushback is worth it.
I've noticed increasing numbers of venues with statements cautioning that they won't give a platform to poems that they feel promote racism, homophobia, misogyny, etc. But there are plenty of other venues that don't have such statements, probably because their editors understand the difference between promotion of a concept and helping people to consider certain aspects of it better.
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