its hard to find them as these people pose as mainstream sunnis but in reality are the nawasib personally I had the chance of seeing one of them call Ali the "na khalaq baita" of aisha , as he "waged war against her" they in the past had cursed Ali openly , but now when mainstream sunnis after Imam ibn hanbal accepted Ali as the fourth pious caliph their position was exposed so outwardly they put "radiallahanhu" next to his name but in reality belittle his high merits and extol and glorify his enemies.To this day they exist amongst us .....
hmmm
I understand that cursing Ali was a practice started by Ameer Muawiya and ended by Hazrat Umar Bin Abdul Aziz (r). So this evil practice lasted for few decades. Is there any historical record that anyone re-started this practice in Islamic history ?
If not then ^ this is an isolated case based on personal grudge and political enimity. Niether Sunni's nor the 4 imams have anything to do with it.
You suggestion that people 'pose' them selves.
I wonder what is their source of inspiration for such a belief... becasue unlike shia literature, there is no 'hate-material' in sunni literature As far as i know. Regarding hazrat Ali (ra) there are only ahadees about his merits and virtues and all the positive aspects.
It is True, that The political life is disputed. but it is unanamously agreed upon among scholars that he was 4th Kalif, a legit Ameer ul momineen.