The opposite is true too. Folks with whom you have ongoing vast differences about many things come to your rescue and support you when they think a hit was uncalled for.
Go figger!
Which of them are the better people? You know the answer to that. Not the ones who attack you whom you thought were friends..the ones who come to your rescues despite years of differences.
Bottom line? Some folks suck and some folks rock. Period. That I can tell you. Everyone says so!