I have some friends in this mob, I'm legitimately thinking about cutting them out of my life, at least temporarily, because I told them this, and they think I'm

I have some friends in this mob, I'm legitimately thinking about cutting them out of my life, at least temporarily, because I told them this, and they think I'm a shill for some hedge fund I've never heard of. Someone is laughing all the way to the bank about stirring up an internet mob, and I hate it.