> ie, the people who can't handle politics and think the worlds constantly on fire so they think they're justified in ignoring social grace and time/place taboo

> ie, the people who can't handle politics and think the worlds constantly on fire so they think they're justified in ignoring social grace and time/place taboos. That is likely correct but it doesn't change the fact that as an organization grows the chance to have such people in their midst grows and it's enough to have a few of these that culture shift will be required to deal with it. That is, you can't really fire someone for "starting threads about politics at work"[1] until you come up with a rule that bars such discussions. [1] Which of course will be portrayed by those fired as "silencing <social issue they care about>" but having published rules enforced equally usually should provide sufficient protection in court against such claims.