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Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by tom_mellior on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @04:44PM (#21275386)
> Being held to a political moral standard is tricky if you are not in the mainline political stance. That would make me quite uncomfortable. I go to work to support myself and my family. Don’t make that hard for me to do due to politics.

This cuts both ways: If your employer is known to take millions from ICE to support what ICE does, and your opinion is that ICE is an evil organization, that can also make you "quite uncomfortable". It might also make you want to leave that employer, which would make it harder to "support yourself and your family".

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Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by vowelless on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @04:53PM (#21275522)
I would suggest leaving, in that case. If not your employer, some other company will fulfill that contract anyway.

Millions of people work in the defense industry. I did too, in a different life. I left due to moral reasons (Not that i am doing anything moral today).

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Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by tom_mellior on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @05:34PM (#21276057)
> I would suggest leaving, in that case.

Well, that's the thing. If that's such a simple thing to do, I would suggest that you leave if you're uncomfortable in a company where employees are allowed to voice their opinions on company policies. You supporting your family is not more important than me supporting mine.

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