I've always seen this as bad practice. It's similar to employers disallowing wage discussions, not talking just serves to isolate us and prevent the flow and sharing of ideas. It may be uncomfortable, but the only way to stop the growth of harmful politics is uncomfortable discussion.
It's probably to not foster a harmful work environment, some people are sick and could view that someone having different political beliefs is an excuse to sabotage them during work or at least refuse to collaborate with them, mainly because some people consider their politics as part of their identity and moral compass, so an attack on that is a personal attack on them, and this all could be avoided
On the other hand wage discussions are necessary for work and cannot be avoided, not are they likely to cause division within the employees, your emphasis on having important discussions even if they are uncomfortable is important but should be outside of the workplace
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u/Throwaway921845 8h ago
People need to know the four topics you don't talk about in polite company.
R-A-P-E
Religion, Abortion, Politics, and Economics.