As the title says, I am relatively new to Bitcoin and just started attending my local meetup which is where my strange "problem" first started. After attending a few local meet ups I started to network with some regulars. I told one of the meet up organizers I connected with to add me on LinkedIn and when I told him my full name he basically scoffed at me. Before I had the chance to ask him what was wrong he started laughing and telling other people at the meetup (including people I didn't know at all which bothered me a bit) who also kind of scoffed or laughed. I was a little embarrassed and confused by it all and I still don't quite understand it.

I have to dox myself here for the necessary context but my full legal name is Dennis Porter. Apparently there is a relatively famous person in the Bitcoin industry who I was unaware of who is also named Dennis Porter. After the meetup incident I looked him up and he seems to be a political activist of some sort. I glanced at his social media profiles and read some random articles that came up in Google and he seems like a pretty normal person who publicly advocates for Bitcoin. I listened to a podcast I found with him and I liked what he had to say, for the most part. I guess my point is, there is nothing special or controversial about him from what I could tell.

However, anytime I attend a meetup people loudly announce, "Oh hey Dennis Porter is here!" or "I can't believe Dennis Porter has honored our meetup by attending" and other seemingly sarcastic remarks to that end. One girl called me "Penis Porter" also which is kind of funny. They told me I should be very careful because I might have issues getting into Bitcoin conferences in the future if I choose to attend but I am not really sure what they mean by that.

All of it is really confusing. Does anyone know much about the "famous" Dennis Porter? Is there some embarrassing or controversial thing he has said or done that I should be aware of? I understand that everyone at my meet up is joking around and I truly love going to my meetup and I have made great friends. I just am a little confused and frankly it makes me uncomfortable when people shout my full name out in the bars or venues we meet at because they are always busy places full of people who are not associated with our meetup but who now know my full name, what I look like, and that I have Bitcoin.

Any advice or context would be appreciated!