Well yes, it's obviously a 'bad thing' but to everyone but the 13% with the least life experience, and who are most likely to arbitrarily reject the views of th

Well yes, it's obviously a 'bad thing' but to everyone but the 13% with the least life experience, and who are most likely to arbitrarily reject the views of the other 87%. It's also keenly hypocritical because it's the same group for whom 'diversity' is a ostensibly an important, defining element. For most people, losing viewpoint diversity would not be a good thing. Also - I don't think there ever was a time to 'talk politics' at work, but certainly holding 'commonplace views' was ok, historically.