Some leftists are buffoons, some are wild-eyed ideologues, some are well-meaning dupes, some are operators with an angle, some are true believers.
Blumenthal is a sociopath. Just a terrible, terrible human being.
Beacon was being overly kind in my opinion. IMO Sid Vicious is a vile, evil man. He was Gollum before the movies were made. Whenever I’ve seen his face, I am reminded of a Nazi Gestapo or SS Officer of the worst sort.
He is partisan to his evil bones. Intensely loyal to the Clintons and is probably the number one behind the scenes hit man. It amazes me that the evil inside him has not rotted out his husk, frankly. IMO, truly, truly evil.