I had a conservative leaning professor in college who was a next door neighbor of Alinsky. He said he was the nicest guy and totally liked him personally. So the sociopath had a lot of charm.
I heard him speak once, more years ago than I want to recall, in college. Can't remember much about the talk but I do recall that he was quite personable.
What this says, is there is absolutely no reason nice personable conservatives cannot play take-no-prisoners political hardball and destroy liberals.
After all, that’s what Alinky created.
If he was a nice guy, all the more reason to use those tactics on the left. But DOUBLE.