When has it ever been socially acceptable to demand that another individual discuss everything that you want? I would never go up to my friend and say, I want

When has it ever been socially acceptable to demand that another individual discuss everything that you want? I would never go up to my friend and say, I want to talk about coconuts! If you don't want to talk about coconuts, then you're not really open and tolerant! You are intolerant of my affection for coconuts! Meanwhile, I'm willing to talk about coconut milk, but you require that the conversation include discussion of the shell. Nobody would ever do that. Damore stubbornly ignores Pichai's willingness to discuss some of what he wrote more deeply. Damore pretends that Google isn't willing to discuss any of the issues he raised, which isn't true. And, he really has no standing to demand his political beliefs be discussed at work. If people don't want to discuss them, including his managers, and they feel he's being a distraction, then he's out.