i was alluding to the majority of the present day 12er sect who have carefully edited the beliefs of the earlier ghali sects of shias so that they can be compatible with rest of the community.
Whenever u mention merits of other sahaba in front of them their only response is " but but what about ALi ?" irony is that includes even those sahaba who were friendly to ALi.For them the mere mention of sahaba is unbearable.
Thankfully neither Ali his sons nor his supporters were so insecure as these people.So these people did not exist back then.