Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work
by SpicyLemonZest on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @04:44PM
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I see the symmetry you're referring to, but I don't think that's a useful way to think about what's a political act. In the 2008 election, there was a political controversy about whether it's snooty to eat fancy mustard; it wouldn't make sense to generalize from that and say condiment choices are always and forever political.
Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work
by SolaceQuantum on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @04:47PM
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I see; does this also apply to the LGBTQ posts by GitLab blog?
Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work
by SpicyLemonZest on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @05:20PM
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No. I'm not sure whether I think they ultimately are political (is it political for a company which employs lots of Christians to talk about Jesus?), but it's a harder case at the least.
I don't actually know if this is true? James Damore has largely been considered a political act, and James Damore was stating being skeptical of the needs of women in tech initiatives. So, if being skeptical of the initiative is a political act, wouldn't going through with the initiative (being nonskeptical) also political?
(Personally I am for women in tech initiatives, FTR, I just don't know if they're not considered political.)