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> Why are there even discussions about this on a work forum?

Thank you. It's strange how everyone from the CEOs to the journalists to ordinary people missed this. Why are any employees wasting time and resources on such unproductive thing during company time?

> Is it a side effect of the company being so large it's impossible to know everyone?

More importantly, why hasn't the board or CEO come down hard on these people wasting company resources and time? Last I checked, these people have a fiduciary duty to their shareholders to make sure the company isn't wasting money on nonsense.

> I go out of my way to not discuss anything that comes within a whiff of a controversial topic with the people I work with.

I think that's 99.99% of all employees. How companies have been turned into a political turf war and a tool of their employees to actualize their political objectives is shocking to me. Either work or leave. Worry about politics and sexual expression on your own time.