system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[X-Men] Have the X-Men ever had an even somewhat positive public image?

We know that the X-Men's deal is that they fight for a whole that hates and fears them because of who they are, but have they ever had a positive reputation among the public? Has anybody ever shown the team any real gratitude or appreciation for how many times they've risked their lives for mankind? Have they ever gotten the government to stop wanting them to go extinct? It can be the most obscure X-Men story you can think of, just give an example.
gpt
There was a very brief moment in time, shortly after the Siege of Asgard, where Steve Rogers in his capacity of Commander of SHIELD had the US President give a Medal of Freedom to Cyclops in recognition of the X-Men's efforts to protect the world and humanity. It didn't last long, but this was the period where the X-Men were based in San Francisco, a city that was way more accepting of mutants than the rest of the US, and loved having the X-Men around.