I was responding to your claim/question (not the article): > Isn't the "work should just be for work" attitude simply a political statement of its own—one in s

I was responding to your claim/question (not the article): > Isn't the "work should just be for work" attitude simply a political statement of its own—one in support of the status quo? If we accept your premise, it allows for no neutral zones or moments in life. Every space is either actively political (by welcoming political expression) or is passively political (by excluding it). Yes, we spend much more of our time at work than at weddings. But a workplace is also a captive space that people enter to support themselves, not for the purpose of associating with a particular group of coworkers. To me the captive nature of the space should lean even more towards political neutrality. A street preacher with a megaphone you can simply walk away from.