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Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by alkonaut on Thursday October 17, 2019 @02:29AM (#21279436)
Agree - and workplace rules shouldn’t be “don’t talk about X” but rather ”please avoid talking about X unless strictly necessary.
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Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by galaxyLogic on Thursday October 17, 2019 @01:14PM (#21284178)
Sounds good, more like "speech etiquette".

It could also be phrased in terms of "Everyone has a right to decline to talk politics". If people agree to talk politics I don't see problem, except of course it can lead to lower productivity perhaps.

So then maybe all non-work-related speech should be forbidden? That just sounds inhumane.

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