I do discuss opposing political views with my boss. It turns out these discussions can be reasonable. The point you bring up though is a good one, and it's why

I do discuss opposing political views with my boss. It turns out these discussions can be reasonable. The point you bring up though is a good one, and it's why we need advocacy in the office. Because despite the legal protections against segregation and discrimination, it still exists. And it's next to impossible to do something about it when greater society doesn't believe in it, because no one is racist or sexist to their (usually white male) face. But that's not political, it's just human decency. Equating it to politics, and even worse letting the mere existence of discussion (which was advocacy ultimately is) become a heated debate is the problem to solve.