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It seems to me what you want is not to discuss politics at work but dictate politics are work. Unless you are perfectly okay with your co worker coming in with

It seems to me what you want is not to discuss politics at work but dictate politics are work. Unless you are perfectly okay with your co worker coming in with a MAGA hat every day and explaining to you why they think LGTB people don't deserve the right to marry.

midnighttoker3 7y ago
Nah, I'd rather see such a person beaten and ridiculed. Whch they would 100% deserve and I feel zero guilt about saying. Which is why I don't actually have an issue discouraging discussion of politics at work. it causes problems.
kelnos 7y ago
I don't view this as a political issue at all. If I ran a company and had LGBTQ employees, I would not want what you just described because it would be creating a hostile environment for those employees. Coming into your workplace and telling your co-workers that they don't deserve equal rights under the law is just a shitty thing to do. It's an issue of basic respect and has nothing to do with politics.
- friedman23 7y ago
  You can attempt to frame it however you would like but what you want is an environment where people can only discuss political views that you agree with. There is no harassment when someone simply states "I don't think same sex marriage should be legal.". And before I get downvoted into oblivion, I don't agree with that statement, I'm actually completely apathetic to it and think it's unimportant.
- dodobirdlord 7y ago
  Politics is more or less the mechanism by which society takes collective action. Since people are broadly speaking in favor of free value, pretty much every policy that has nearly exclusively positive or at worst neutral effects has been implemented. It's not like anyone would oppose such policy! So "politics" exists as the realm of policy proposals that help some people and harm other people. All political opinions involve harming someone. If they didn't then they wouldn't be "political" opinions, they would just be opinions.
- cc81 7y ago
  That is because you see it as equal rights under law while the other person will see it about their religious right under law.

midnighttoker3 7y ago

Nah, I'd rather see such a person beaten and ridiculed. Whch they would 100% deserve and I feel zero guilt about saying. Which is why I don't actually have an issue discouraging discussion of politics at work. it causes problems.

kelnos 7y ago

I don't view this as a political issue at all. If I ran a company and had LGBTQ employees, I would not want what you just described because it would be creating a hostile environment for those employees. Coming into your workplace and telling your co-workers that they don't deserve equal rights under the law is just a shitty thing to do. It's an issue of basic respect and has nothing to do with politics.

friedman23 7y ago
You can attempt to frame it however you would like but what you want is an environment where people can only discuss political views that you agree with. There is no harassment when someone simply states "I don't think same sex marriage should be legal.". And before I get downvoted into oblivion, I don't agree with that statement, I'm actually completely apathetic to it and think it's unimportant.
dodobirdlord 7y ago
Politics is more or less the mechanism by which society takes collective action. Since people are broadly speaking in favor of free value, pretty much every policy that has nearly exclusively positive or at worst neutral effects has been implemented. It's not like anyone would oppose such policy! So "politics" exists as the realm of policy proposals that help some people and harm other people. All political opinions involve harming someone. If they didn't then they wouldn't be "political" opinions, they would just be opinions.
cc81 7y ago
That is because you see it as equal rights under law while the other person will see it about their religious right under law.