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Some political views are unacceptable. If you think that the government should prevent people of different ethnicities from getting married, I don't want to wor
by natrius 13y ago
Some political views are unacceptable. If you think that the government should prevent people of different ethnicities from getting married, I don't want to work with you. If you don't think the matter at hand falls in the same bucket, I don't want to work with you.
We're not talking about disagreeing on tax policy here.
- brighteyes 13y agoAre you saying you consider the political views of almost all Republicans "unacceptable", and you wouldn't work in the same place as them? Because - sadly, because I agree with you that they are wrong - over half of California opposed gay marriage in 2008 (and while things have improved somewhat, they remain far from where they should be). They are wrong, but their position is a mainstream one. I'm not sure refusing to work with them is practical. (It might be in a small company, especially in ideologically uniform regions like the bay area, but not in general.)
- bzbarsky 13y agoI accept that some some political views are unacceptable to you. Do you do background checks on people you might work with to see whether they hold such views? Or do you just avoid working with people about whom you found out by accident that they hold such views? That is, are you actively making sure that none of the people around you hold the views you find unacceptable, or is it more of a don't ask don't tell kind of policy, where you don't care if people have unacceptable views as long as they don't mention them in your hearing?