One thing I have noticed in several tech companies is that what is or isn't the time or place for a non community relevant outburst is determined to a surprisin

One thing I have noticed in several tech companies is that what is or isn't the time or place for a non community relevant outburst is determined to a surprising degree by the contents of the outburtst. A VP of Engineering making anti-Trump comments (in a context without other relevance to the business or matter at hand) at a company all-hands is deemed relevant. A person of similar rank making pro-Trump comments would have been treated very differently. People are very bad at separating the personal from the professional. Indeed, many people seem to think it's their right to use the one to advance the other. I felt alienated by that VP's comments. Not because of their contents, but because he felt so free to abuse his position.