Wait, are you saying there’s nothing anyone could say to you that would make you not want to work with them?
As long as it’s “just words” you welcome it in your workplace?
There’s no level of verbal abuse that you consider grounds for dismissal?
> you that would make you not want to work with them?
I am human, of course I can be personally offended. But if I had some fair competition and the winner happened to disagree with my political leanings, it's tough cheese. The moment your company becomes political, there is an expectation that they react to every single outrage. No sane person would link the beliefs of the rightful winner to the companies public facing ethics, but, if you continuously inject yourself in such matters, it becomes expected of you.
> As long as it’s “just words” you welcome it in your
> workplace?
> There’s no level of verbal abuse that you consider grounds
> for dismissal?
The work place is something different, there is an agreed etiquette which is there to ensure productivity. Employees can typically bring their personal lives into the office up until the point it causes disruption.
I've been in a high stress work place with people verbally abusing each other. It could have been grounds for firing, but it was resolved by simply taking them aside and talking with them. In other cases I've had quite interesting discussions in a coffee break about politics that I didn't agree with. None of these cases reflected on the company itself and neither of these cases I would expect the company to weigh in on.