from all websites I'd expect HN to NOT read OR as mutually exclusive
Well, to nitpick even further, those propositions are logically mutually exclusive.
"Does the Chief Diversity Officer include diversity of ideas and experience [as well as surface traits]?" Or is it [only surface traits]"
Abstracted, could be "(p and q) OR (p and !q)" which is literally mutually exclusive.
No, I'm not usually so pedantic, I just thought it was interesting.
Oddly enough, my use of or seems to violates the very rule it is used to describe.