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I worked at a company that had to institute a similar policy for more or less this reason: The people pushing certain political agendas wanted to force everyone
by PragmaticPulp 6y ago
I worked at a company that had to institute a similar policy for more or less this reason: The people pushing certain political agendas wanted to force everyone else to pick a side on certain political issues.
When the conversations get to a point where even opting out is perceived as the "wrong answer", things get ugly.
- gtyras2mrs 6y agoEven on the same side, there's quite a few shouting matches that quickly spirals out when idealists "call out" pragmatists who compromise on a few things. Not sure how appropriate it would be from a US context, but say Bernie-bros and Clinton / Biden supporters.
- shados 6y agoThat's the biggest thing imo. Twitter is filled right now with this idea that it was probably an ultra conservative person ruffling people's feather and they were tired of the arguments between transphobic and lgbtq people or something. I don't work at Basecamp, but I find that unlikely: they'd likely have fired the transphobic person (or at least I hope they would have). They didn't say they wouldn't do politics, just that they didn't want politics discussed over company infrastructure. But even if the room was all on the same side of the political pendulum, things still get pretty ugly.