I must have misread your initial post. I didn't realize we were discussing a situation where kissing anyone's ass was in the equation. In that situation, I wouldn't blame you.
I thought we were talking the typical working environment, where the ability to get along with one's coworkers is viewed by most employers as a job requirement no matter what your position. I've had to fire otherwise decent employees who just couldn't play well with others before. I'd wager that anyone on even the lowest rung of management has had to do the same.
I think you can be cordial enough with them when it comes to matters of ‘work.’ But there is no requirement to ‘socialize’ as part of a job description.
I don’t see the situation as being any different than working alongside non-lib people in a scenario where you simply do your respective jobs to the best of your ability without all the water cooler crap, showing kid pix etc. Strictly professional. People do that every day without a problem.
I understand what you are saying about the evals etc. True that if you have a lib HR person or boss then you will get the types of evals you are talking about. But that then places the situation into the realm I was talking about about having to kiss posterior to accommodate libs and keep your job.
I have worked with plenty of Alphas that didn’t play well with others...both over and under them. When I was in a management capacity I cared about one thing. Can the person do the job well? I did not care a whit if they were social butterflies and loved by all who beheld them. Now barring that person doing something really stupid, like legit sexual harassment or decking a coworker, I would rather have that type of employee work for me than a complainaholic that played minesweeper all day and was the life of the party.
The owner of the company felt the same way. The business I was involved in was successful as a result. Too many businesses are run like summer camps, thanks to lib BS and fail as a result. If more people actually worked at work, the social crap, or lack thereof, would take care of itself.