What's ironic is that the "safe" politics of the Bay Area are deeply offensive in workplaces only 50 miles inland (and vice versa). I agree, politics at the wo

What's ironic is that the "safe" politics of the Bay Area are deeply offensive in workplaces only 50 miles inland (and vice versa). I agree, politics at the workplace is inappropriate, except concerning issues of importance to that company or industry, e.g. Exxon being critical of drilling restrictions or Google evincing opinions about the continued legality of enumerating people's home wifi access points.