>inviting into the office stuff that doesn't belong there, invoking avoidable bad conduct, and turning the company into dystopian thought police I don't necess

>inviting into the office stuff that doesn't belong there, invoking avoidable bad conduct, and turning the company into dystopian thought police I don't necessarily disagree with your general sentiment -- I would actually prefer to keep all of this out of the workplace entirely. But I think this sort of behavior is already happening in companies, and it is exacerbated by the fact that there isn't debate. I think it is difficult for a company with an open culture to keep politics away from work. And if we suppose that politics will inevitably find their way into work, I would much rather have debates than not.