I can't read people sometimes and need an answer

We are bunch of colleagues at work and all are of same cadre, we had arguments and separated into teams. 5 people on one side and my close colleague and I on opposing end. Whenever even there is a minute conflict, those people would come at me and argue with me, belittle me and sometimes even mock me but not my colleague. Do they respect her / afraid of her/ or look at me as ridiculous because almost everyone of them argue with me and gang up on me all the time