I don’t have any close friends who are leftists/liberals/dems/commiepukes.
Why?
Because they support everything that is Evil, or they are just totally uninformed shallow thinkers. I don’t like to have close friends who support Evil or are shallow thinkers.
I think there is good in people, but definitely bad as well. It depends on how far gone you are down a path. Things can definitely twist you up if you go down the socialist path.