So this link is from Ben Evans' newsletter: Google is trying to get its staff to stop getting into flame wars about politics on the internal message lists. Thi

So this link is from Ben Evans' newsletter: Google is trying to get its staff to stop getting into flame wars about politics on the internal message lists. This problem had been building for a while - the company has a culture of open discussion, but it's a lot bigger than it used to be, there's a steady flow of new people ('Endless September') and America's Culture Wars have got out of control. I would be interested to hear from any (X)Googlers if it is true (for certain values of true)