> Except you're not being objective.

Of course "recognizing that there were aspects of him they didn’t like" is not going to be objective. And it's fine for it to not be objective.

> Accusing anyone of "falling off the far right cliffs of insanity" is a subjective and negative portrayal.

Yeah but it's right.

> I could say and get away with the former, but not the latter when critiquing a co-worker's idea.

You have to bite your tongue at work in a lot of ways that don't make sense outside work.

Of course! I agree there's no requirement to be objective and the "insanity" take is not unreasonable.

My issue comes someone says they "don't have a dog in the fight" and then proceeds to be highly subjective with paraphrasing.