How do you know the beliefs of a coworker? Do you ask them extremely probing questions? I think I have a right not to be interrogated at work.
This is the contention at hand. If you're going to participate in the discussion, you're going to need to grip it with both hands. I obviously think that it's a ridiculous statement, and nobody should be expected, either socially or contractually, to work with somebody who believes they should be killed. Do you?
If they want to abide by the civil rights act, then yes. As otherwise those beliefs would serve as a very strong filter against people of certain religious affiliations and national origins.
I'm a left wing liberal and atheist but many of my friends are far right conservatives. The easiest way to avoid conflict is to not engage. I learned that when I was in high school.
What if they're my boss? How can I trust them to treat me fairly, when they very literally support the genocide of me and my family?
Why do you think that if someone — again, very literally — wants to murder me, that won't affect the way they treat me or discuss me when I'm not around?
I think what we are discussing here is more nuanced in nature. As in someone has an opinion on issue of the day and someone else feels that political issue defines them. It could be homelessness, taxes, or something else.
If someone interrogates me about a political topic I might tell them my opinion or I might tell them I haven't thought about it. Of course someone may get very very angry about the latter.
In the United States, it isn't illegal to be a Nazi, so I don't know why you would contact the FBI or what you expect they would do about it.
The most common example of what we’re talking about is LGBTQ+. It’s essentially a mainstream conservative position to try to legislate trans people out of existence, for example. That’s “nuanced” in the same way that slavery was “nuanced” 150 years ago — it‘s clear what’s right and what’s wrong, but there are a lot of bigots going to bat for the wrong side.
I react the same way.
"It's good to be tolerant." "Even of Nazis!?".
I heard a nice proverb the other day: "The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down just to feel its warmth".
Seems pretty human to be afraid of being left out.
The most impressive thing I've seen in this regard has been: https://theoryofenchantment.com/
I like its principles:
1. Treat people like human beings, not political abstractions.
2. Criticize to uplift and empower, never to tear down or destroy.
3. Root everything you do in love and compassion.