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one inconsistency is that Coinbase is based in SF. Would you consider "sorry, I didn't get a lot of sleep due to police sound grenades going off until 3am" a political statement?



> one inconsistency is that Coinbase is based in SF

That's not an inconsistency.

> Would you consider "sorry, I didn't get a lot of sleep due to police sound grenades going off until 3am" a political statement?

No, of course not.


> > Would you consider "sorry, I didn't get a lot of sleep due to police sound grenades going off until 3am" a political statement?

> No, of course not.

Awesome. So it follows that you would have no issue then with a coworker stating: "Police activity in SF has negatively impacted my ability to do work". Congratulations, you have a significantly broader definition of acceptable workplace speech than Coinbase.


> Awesome. So it follows that you would have no issue then with a coworker stating

Of course I wouldn't have an issue (ignoring for the moment that you're apparently conflating me with coinbase), because this isn't a political statement.

> Congratulations, you have a significantly broader definition of acceptable workplace speech than Coinbase.

This is a pretty obvious straw man argument.


The issue was never about people expressing their political opinions, but their demands that _Coinbase_ express political opinions and get mired in what police in SF may or may not be doing.


Can you elaborate on how that's an unacceptable thing to say at coinbase?




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