I vaguely remember hearing a story about two politicians who had countless differences of opinion, yet liked to socialize and partake in activities together outside of their political careers. When one of them was asked how they were able to have such lively friendships in spite of their disagreements, they said “if you don't know how to separate people from opinions, you don't deserve to be a politician”.

TL;DR: it's important to be able to see people as more than the disagreements you have with them.