[usrn]

Something that helped me was getting offended by my coworkers. They said out loud (sometimes knowing sometimes not) that people like me (race, religion, background, political ideology) should be removed from society. After this happened a few times I realized people can get away with saying way more garbage than you might think and I started just speaking my mind.

Being offended hurts but people undervalue it.

EDIT: I can't reply because I've used up my quota, here's what my reply would be: Everyone ends up talking about politics at work weather they like it or not. Many people have strongly held beliefs and are certain that they're beliefs are the right ones and everyone who disagrees with them is less than human. This comes out in discussions occasionally and people get offended. Eventually you figure out how little saying something wrong or offensive really matters and you're much more willing to participate in discussions with your coworkers (technical or not.)

[Jensson]

How does this help in technical discussions? Your example is from political discussions, do you mean that TS should get offended over others javascript preferences? Or to get offended when someone suggest a micro service architecture? Not sure how it applies.