Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore

The problem is that what constitutes politics? Guns shouldn't be political, who you have sex with shouldn't be political...but in our current climate, they are both considered political.

..and no debating? Most people at Google are shades of left. It sounds like they are just trying to drown out dissenting views once again.

Re: Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel » Fri, Aug 23, 2019, 4:26 PM UTC

moresocialism wrote: post #4

The problem is that what constitutes politics? Guns shouldn't be political, who you have sex with shouldn't be political...but in our current climate, they are both considered political. ..and no debating? Most people at Google are shades of left. It sounds like they are just trying to drown out dissenting views once again.

> Guns shouldn't be political

Guns are power, power is political.

Re: Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore

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Post by kranner » Fri, Aug 23, 2019, 4:26 PM UTC

stevenalowe wrote: post #2

How about we do our jobs instead? Yes please!

How about judging us on our performance at our jobs then, and not treating us as children?

Re: Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore

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Post by scarface74 » Fri, Aug 23, 2019, 4:27 PM UTC

moresocialism wrote: post #4

The problem is that what constitutes politics? Guns shouldn't be political, who you have sex with shouldn't be political...but in our current climate, they are both considered political. ..and no debating? Most people at Google are shades of left. It sounds like they are just trying to drown out dissenting views once again.

Why do you feel the need to talk about sex at work or guns?

Re: Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore

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Post by DannyBee » Fri, Aug 23, 2019, 4:27 PM UTC

moresocialism wrote: post #4

The problem is that what constitutes politics? Guns shouldn't be political, who you have sex with shouldn't be political...but in our current climate, they are both considered political. ..and no debating? Most people at Google are shades of left. It sounds like they are just trying to drown out dissenting views once again.

Your attempt to argue this is somehow vague or a slippery slope is silly - most workplaces seem to have not a tremendous amount of trouble with this, even though it is not rigorously defined.

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Post by frenchyatwork » Fri, Aug 23, 2019, 4:28 PM UTC

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #5

moresocialism wrote: post #4

The problem is that what constitutes politics? Guns shouldn't be political, who you have sex with shouldn't be political...but in our current climate, they are both considered political. ..and no debating? Most people at Google are shades of left. It sounds like they are just trying to drown out dissenting views once again.

> Guns shouldn't be political Guns are power, power is political.

By that standard, most interesting work is political.

Re: Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore

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Post by freewilly1040 » Fri, Aug 23, 2019, 4:28 PM UTC

Paywall, but I'd bet this is mostly about forums/Slack/email and not about in person conversations.

I think the problem is that mass communication tools being used at biggish companies and up do not foster productive conversations about controversial topics. Trolling scales too well.