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Trump Adviser Steve Bannon is Leaving White House Post (nytimes.com)
President Donald Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon left his position on Friday (alternative source) as the newly minted chief of staff John Kelly sought to bring order to a White House riven by infighting and power struggles, more than a dozen news outlets report. Maggie Haberman, reporting for The New York Times: The president and senior White House officials were debating when and how to dismiss Mr. Bannon. The two administration officials cautioned that Mr. Trump is known to be averse to confrontation within his inner circle, and could decide to keep on Mr. Bannon for some time. As of Friday morning, the two men were still discussing Mr. Bannon's future, the officials said. A person close to Mr. Bannon insisted the parting of ways was his idea, and that he had submitted his resignation to the president on Aug. 7, to be announced at the start of this week, but the move was delayed after the racial unrest in Charlottesville, Va.
I ask this question as a neutral party; I have an equally low opinion of all politicians and, in general, public leaders.
So... I don't know if you're intentionally lying to us in order to make yourself sound more reasonable, or if you're just lying to yourself, but you're not neutral. Even if true that you "have an equally low opinion of all politicians", that means that you have a bias that favors really awful politicians and puts them on the same level as the best politicians. That's not neutral. Neutral isn't just "not taking sides". When you stay out of a fight, that's a side that you're taking.
Hell, he wasn't even wrong in his comments about who was contributing to the violence.
This is some nice rhetoric. You could say that everyone was "contributing to the violence". But that's not the issue here. However many people "contributed" in some small way, we should be asking questions like: Who is ultimately responsible for the violence? Who was the chief perpetrator of violence? Who instigated the violence? Who committed the worst of the violence?
If you're walking down the street and a mugger attacks you, you "contribute to the violence" if you make any attempt to fight back. Hell, someone could argue that you have contributed to the violence just by being there, and providing the mugger with a target. However, it'd be absolutely wrong for someone to assign you responsibility for the violent interaction overall.
In that sense, both you and Trump are wrong.
And honestly, it shows that you're not "neutral". You're siding with Trump. Your whole post is a defense of Trump. Your only criticism is that he's "tone deaf", but in the context of a post where you claim not to like politicians, that's not even a criticism.
And here's the dilemma I find myself in: I can't tell if you're a troll, a pro-Trump shill, or a genuinely misguided person. If misguided, then it may be worth talking to you. Otherwise, I've just got to hope that you're going to be modded down.