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There’s that line from MiB: “A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it.”
While not entirely accurate (there are plenty of dumb individuals, willfully so or otherwise), to paraphrase it a little that encountering individuals one-on-one is almost always great. People can be really interesting, and are generally pretty cool. As soon as hot button topics pop up, the ideology kicks in, and they’re not so cool or interesting anymore. They get angry, mulish, and make it personal.
While I do know just what you mean (and find that line useful too), I'm not describing the same thing you are. I'm describing people I know very well who don't substantially disagree with me on hot button topics, but have been fooled into voting against the things they actually care about.
I'm not describing casual acquaintances that don't work out once people get to know one another, I've absolutely had that experience though.