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Our time is the time of social media. So many of us can't imagine our day without at least glimpsing at the likes of Twitter or Facebook feeds, scrolling through Tumblr dashboards or staring at the colorful photos on Instagram. And while for the most part posts on social media just seem like a minuscule part of our lives, sometimes a single message at the wrong place and wrong time can start a horrible domino effect that can topple entire lives. 

Unfortunately for the people on this list, all it took for their lives to be turned upside was a single (or more) post on social media. Either a rant about their job, a misplaced joke or a distasteful photo, was all that was needed for things to go south really quickly. Be it your boss or an angry mob online, if your posts get seen by the wrong people, there's no turning back from the consequences. So learn from these examples and pay better attention to what you post online, as one can never know who might see it. 

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Glee Extra, Nicole Crowther, Ended Her Career In The Entertainment Industry By Tweeting Spoilers Of The Show

Glee Extra, Nicole Crowther, Ended Her Career In The Entertainment Industry By Tweeting Spoilers Of The Show

Nicole Crowther was a one time extra on Fox show Glee who became known for posting spoilers of the show on Twitter. Unfortunately for her, one of the spoilers was a nail in the coffin of her career as she spoiled who was Prom King and Queen in the second season of the prom episode. This prompted Brad Falchuk, one of the show’s producers and creators to tweet “Who are you to spoil something talented people have spent months to create? Hope you’re qualified to do something besides work in entertainment.” Nicole later admitted that the tweet basically ruined her life as she was blacklisted as an extra, so instead of pursuing her acting dreams she had to go work for her family's roofing business.

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Daycare Worker Gets Fired And Receives Death Threats After Flipping Children Off And Filming Instead Of Watching Over Them

Daycare Worker Gets Fired And Receives Death Threats After Flipping Children Off And Filming Instead Of Watching Over Them

A daycare worker from Mesa, Arizona posted some questionable images on social media that got her fired back in 2016. The woman shared a series of images and videos that included one where she is flipping off the kids she was looking over with a caption that said 'swear i love kids!' Once the owner of the Kid's Play Learning Center received messages about the incident from angry parents, she terminated the employment.

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Cheerleader Gabriella Pasqualotto Was Fired For Posting The Details Of Her Squad's Life In An Online Diary, Which She Was Hired To Do

Cheerleader Gabriella Pasqualotto Was Fired For Posting The Details Of Her Squad's Life In An Online Diary, Which She Was Hired To Do

As surprising as the fact that cricket teams have cheerleaders, the reason for Gabriella Pasqualotto's termination is just as baffling. In 2011, pro cricket team Mumbai Indians fired the cheerleader for blogging. Which later came to light was what she was hired to do. The team was aware that she could write, so they encouraged her to keep "The Secret Diary of an IPL Cheerleader". Reportedly, Pasqualotto was too honest on her diary and wrote who was flirting with who and the way her squad was treated by players during parties. After being given the boot, the South African cheerleader reported that she felt mistreated and thinks that it was one of the Australian cricketers who became upset with what she wrote about him and complained to get her fired.

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Hairdresser Is Left Unemployed After Posting An Angry Rant Over Staff Deciding To Save A Dying Woman Instead Of Serving Her

Hairdresser Is Left Unemployed After Posting An Angry Rant Over Staff Deciding To Save A Dying Woman Instead Of Serving Her

After spending a New Year's Eve dinner in Kilroy's Bar N' Grill in Indianapolis, one hairdresser wasn't too happy with the experience and decided to take to Facebook to express her feelings. Holly Jones posted an emotionally loaded message back in 2016, but it probably still haunts her. After complaining about staff's reaction to saving a "junkie" who "overdosed", the lady received a reply from the restaurant manager who explained what really happened. Turns out, the person who Jones referred to as 'dead person' was actually a 70+ year old lady who suffered a heart attack and had to be taken to hospital. Luckily, the woman survived, though the same couldn't be said about Jones' career. After public outrage and personal attacks, the salon where Jones was working was bombarded with negative reviews and threats. The woman was soon fired from her job and has since disappeared from social media.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"The manager said someone dying was more important than our business" yeah she's definitely going to hell

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Taco Bell Employee Cameron Jankowski Was Fired And Doxxed By Anonymous For Posting A Picture Of Himself Urinating On Nachos

Taco Bell Employee Cameron Jankowski Was Fired And Doxxed By Anonymous For Posting A Picture Of Himself Urinating On Nachos

Back in 2012, one Taco Bell employee, Cameron Jankowski, decided that it was a good idea to tweet this image to a controversial internet figure and a now-convicted criminal Hunter Moore with hashtags #pissolympics, #nacobellgrande and captioned “guess where I work”. While Moore declared Jankowski the “winner of the piss Olympics”, the public only had outrage to offer. While plenty of people sent him angry messages, the 'vigilante' internet group Anonymous released his personal information. While the young man claimed he never served the food in the photo to anyone, some Twitter users claimed that putting human waste into food by a food handler could be considered a felony. While no charges were pressed, Jankowski had to find a new job as Taco Bell didn't share his carefree way of thinking.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is f***ing disgusting, he should never be allowed to work in the food industry again.

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New England Patriots Cheerleader Caitlin Davis Was Fired From The Squad For Posting This Image Online

New England Patriots Cheerleader Caitlin Davis Was Fired From The Squad For Posting This Image Online

Over a decade ago, this New England Patriots cheerleader was kicked off the squad for posting a photo online. The picture showed her posing next to a passed out guy with a sharpie in hand. While Caitlin Davis found the situation amusing, her management did not and she got the boot. Reportedly, what caught everyone's attention was the things that were drawn on him, like "I'm Jew" phrase and a penis. Davis defended herself saying that she's only to blame for poor judgment for taking this photo as she wasn't the one who actually drew on the guy's body. Still, the photo posted and the scandal that followed was enough to get her fired.

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Jane Alexander
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Christina Sersif; No, Not ok and Not everyone has ever done such a filthy thing to any one, much less to a friend.

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Zoo Worker Posted A Comment On Social Media That Received So Much Backlash Online She Was Forced To Quit Her Job And Change Her Name On Facebook

Zoo Worker Posted A Comment On Social Media That Received So Much Backlash Online She Was Forced To Quit Her Job And Change Her Name On Facebook

In 2015, Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo employee Rochelle Robinson decided to complain about being ignored by visitors at the zoo. Naturally, the woman took to Facebook, announcing that she's serving "rude ass white people". A situation that, according to Rochelle, made her quit her job. Robinson received many complaints and comments about her post that all resulted in a wave of negative attention. Brookfield Zoo representatives issued a statement on their Facebook page that said this: "Yesterday, we became aware of the actions of a single employee which we agree are unacceptable. This employee's statements in social media are in violation of our policies and do not reflect our institution's values. We have zero tolerance for these kinds of divisive behaviors. We treat all employment matters confidentially but please know that we took prompt action to remedy the situation this morning." They also later confirmed that Rochelle was no longer an employee at their zoo.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is strange that some people think that it is OK to be racist against white people. All racism is bad.

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IAC Exec Justine Sacco Was Fired From Her Job And Online-Shamed On Twitter For 'Satire'

IAC Exec Justine Sacco Was Fired From Her Job And Online-Shamed On Twitter For 'Satire'

While on flight from New York to Cape Town back in December 2013, Justine Sacco made several tweets to her 170 Twitter followers. Among some of them was the unfortunate "Going to Africa. Hope I don't get AIDS. Just Kidding. I'm white!" which Sacco claimed to be a satire intended to mock American ignorance of South Africa, as she's South African herself. Despite her comments, people on the internet weren't happy with the original tweet and started #HasJustineLandedYet hashtag, referencing her loss of job. Sacco's case became one of the most prominent examples of how a vigilante campaign of public shaming can affect and even destroy a person's life and career.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What was her thought process? That white people coudn't get aids? That only Africans can give aids? What???

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Rashard Mendenhall Lost His Endorsements And Eventually Retired From Professional Football Career Because Of A Tweet Relating To The Death Of Osama Bin Laden

Rashard Mendenhall Lost His Endorsements And Eventually Retired From Professional Football Career Because Of A Tweet Relating To The Death Of Osama Bin Laden

On May 2, 2011, observing the American reaction to the death of Osama bin Laden, the a former NFL running back posted his thoughts on Twitter. His criticism on the celebrations resulted in a backlash and soon afterwards Mendenhall lost his endorsements and was traded from Pittsburgh Steelers to the Cardinals. In 2014 he retired from a professional football career.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The man conspired and orchestrated the death of many people. He was a terrorist. Who gives a F what "his side is" ???!!!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's never that simple. I'm not saying I want to "hear his side" but if you're talking about orchestrating death - 31,000 civilians died in Afghanistan because the US waged war there. 10 times as many as died in 9/11. And that's not simple either, so don't hear me drawing conclusions I'm not. But your statement ignores the fact that "terrorism" takes many forms.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

American sanctions on Iraq killed half a million Iraqi children. This was before 9/11 but this was Iraq's 9/11......and yet Osama is the only bad guy here. No, he wasn't. And btw, Saddam Hussein was supported by the Reagan administration despite the former's human rights violations against the Kurds. Go check it out.

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Nia Loves Art
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What is your implication here? That the US doing bad things somehow excuses murdering innocent civilians?

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Felicia Dale
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't get me wrong- I'm not a fan of Bin Laden- but I don't celebrate anyone's death.

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Jennifer Gould
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same here. I also believe this man has a right to his opinion, no matter how unpopular his view may be.

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Momo Skarsgård
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

America the land of consequences bro. That was not ok to post plain and simple.

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Hans
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He should have stopped after the first sentence....

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mendenhall was an absolute idiot for posting that tweet, but he didn't lose his job because of it, he played another three YEARS and made a few million bucks and is now a successful writer for the TV show Ballers.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree with him... The whole celebrating killing someone thing is sick

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Nia Loves Art
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You agree that you can’t hate a man you haven’t heard speak (even if he killed thousands of people)?

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The many heads of the Hydra, Americans were so happy when Bin Laden was killed because they watched to many films where the bad guy dies and its the end of bad stuff but fundamentalism does not work like that, the world is no safer there are always followers, leaders,murdered and terrorists. Killing one wont end it sadly.

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Nuno Carvalho
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Were are the bio weapons, in iraq? Let's free Libya by empowering people, and then leave them to the fare of civil war. The same in Syria, afheganistan, and iraq. Let's free Costa Rica and Panama from dictatorship and make them ours to rule... meanwhile, each of this result in the death of hundreds of thousands of inocent bystanders

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What is your point and how does it relate to whether or not it’s ok to hate Bin Laden? Are you suggesting that the people he killed deserved to die because of what country they were born in?

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Ivan Angeli
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree with this guy that no one should celebrate death of another human being.

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Id row
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've never met Hitler yet I'm still very glad he's dead. This guy is an idiot.

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Killing Osama wasn’t murder. It was a legal action by a legitimate military force.

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Dan H
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

was drafted from Pittsburgh Steelers -- no, he was "traded" not drafted

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Myriam Ickx
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tbh, I didn't feel sorry when I heard of bin Laden's killing, but it never occurred to me to "celebrate", or even to rejoice publicly. A death should never be an occasion for rejoicing.

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Andrea Delden
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To celebrate someone’s death defines you not the dead person.

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Giovanni Amore
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

google: "bin laden was a cia agent in the 80ies" US intelligence and saudi arrabia payed and trained mujaheddin in afgahnistan against the russians, and bin laden was the guy to be .. bbc article

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

True, doesn’t make him a good person though. We supported Stalin during WW2.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank you to those who made reasoned, logical arguments to my comment! I love this kind of give and take. This is how we grow and come to understand each other, and expand out of our own narrow walls of belief. We believe what we believe because that is our understanding at the time. Anyone not willing to listen as well as comment lives in A very tiny, cramped, colorless world. Thanks guys!

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Jenifer Cappello
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He sounds like Trump talking about white supremacists. "There are really good people on the other side..."

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Janine Randall
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He subscribes to the 45 philosophy that there "are fine people on both sides."

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Martha Meyer
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agreed on that first sentence, but then it quickly turned crazy...

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You arrogant fools! Theres always two sides to the story! Remember> The winner writes history, its never objective!

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Jace
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Murdering thousands of civilians is generally regarded as a crime, and not as a “side with a message worth hearing” . .... Not that the USA hasn’t done the same...

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree. Why celebrate someone's death? That is just plain weird and makes you just as awful as the man who died.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree with the comment; how can we call ourselves enlightened human beings when we gleeful rejoice at the death's of others, whoever they might be and what they have done? Wouldn't that make us closer to the ideals of the deceased in this case then the altruistic ones we say we believe in?

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

hearing the other side relates to arguments over a baby doll in PreK...not a effing terrorist who murdered thousands of innocence

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Today the Dem-witts would laud him as a hero by taking up for a terrorist...

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Kathy Watts
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This makes him sound like mendenhall went into oblivion. He is highly intellectual and a really good writer. In fact he writes for HBO show Ballers. His comments apparently didn't ruin a career for him. His comments didnt ruin football for him. As a Cards fan he was simply done with football and wanted to write when he retired. Nobody wanted him to leave it was painful /sad for our team when he retired.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The comment with hearing the other side is not very smart. But I agree with the rest. Being so gleeful over someone's execution is just barbaric.

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Les Stuart
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So did "saint patrick" but you slaughterhouse fish followed him like sheep.

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Christophe Ferreira
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree that we should not celebrate death with knowing all the facts. However, it does not work in that case. The world heard his voice. In fact, he was the first to speak using planes as words.

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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think we know "his side". He killed people - lots of them.

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Tracee Jeen
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do you really know "his side"? Do you have any idea what led him and his followers to commit such a terrible act of violence? Are you aware of the atrocities committed by our gov't in the Middle East? We are not without blame.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

and that's the land of the free for you. free as long as you share the same opinion as all the others; prescribed by the media of course...you don't have to agree with the man, but to blacklist him for an idea is pretty much how fascism works.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The truth falls on ignorant ears. They really believe America is the land of the free and that we have freedom of speech.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOL only a complete idiot would ever say we should hear his thoughts and side. WTF I think we heard them when he sent the terrorists onto American soil and killed thousands of our brothers and sisters. I really didn't need to hear more. Rashard Mendenhall is a complete idiot OR he's a terrorist himself

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Lewis Jones
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

athletes being stupid? who would of thought that was possible?

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Jace
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate sports, but FFS, there are plenty of athletes with brilliant minds. Also, while complaining about athletes being stupid, you demonstrated grammar that suggests you didn’t even graduate the fifth grade...

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

While I hate to see any living beings killed, they had good reason to shoot Old Yeller. A rabid animal needs to be put down for safety of all, even those who may not think he's " all that bad"

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What Osama did was inexcusable. But please be fair. Please tell me how many have Americans killed ? Do you know that American sanctions on Iraq ( before 9/11 ) killed half a million Iraqi children ? And these are just the children.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He had a point kind of. Terrorism is usually a reaction to western imperialism. Most likely people in Bin Ladens community were victims of it. But I still disagree with his overall point. You can absolutely celebrate someone’s death. I’m glad Bin Laden died, I’m glad Bush died, I’ll be glad when the that turtle B***h McConnell dies too. F**k them all.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He is right. It's a valid thought. Celebrating someone's death is not really a great thing to do.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He’s right to say that you can’t hate Bin Laden, a terrorist who killed thousands of people?

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Barbara Baldwin
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I care. He wasn't born a killer. Someone turned him into one. Wonder who?

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Nia Loves Art
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He turned himself into a killer. He was a competent adult with free will and control over his own actions.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He still has a point. The gloating over Bin Laden's death was undignified and ugly, despite 911 (which was an inside job). And let's not forget that The CIA helped Osama bin Laden build an underground camp at Khost, which he used to train Mujahideen soldiers to fight the Soviet Union during the Soviet–Afghan War. The US always creates these 'monsters'.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All the while retards forget he was america's fault as well as quite a few other terrorist groups and cartels. Also the hypocrisy of the us being the largest terrorist of our ahe where the blood of innocents and American veterans has been spilled

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't know about you but I heard his side loud and clear on 9/11.

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The evil person who made this comment apparently hates America as much as Bin Laden did. Fired? How about Firing Squad!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Executing people for what they say is the sort of thing Bin Laden would have supported.

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Ok, so he should have understood beforehand, that this tweet would be unpopular. Haha. But I do think he should be able to tweet it without losing his job, though. Freedom of speech yarayarayara.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Freedom of speech protects you from the government shutting you down, but it doesn't protect you from being fired or from the general populace's opinions.

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Never heard of this guy because I am not a sport person but really- he lost his job because he was happy one of the worst scourges of humanity in recent times DIED???? Where is his GoFundMe? I want to support this guy for having the BALLS to state his conviction and what ever jack a*s had an issue with it should go join osama - you are obviously not a credit to our humanity -

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Are you dumb? He said that he was upset that people are bashing Bin Laden and that we need to not be so mean over a dead man since we’ve only heard “one side of the story”. He was a dumbass who was DEFENDING Bin Laden.

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A Toronto Based Sportscaster, Damian Goddard, Was Fired For A Homophobic Tweet

A Toronto Based Sportscaster, Damian Goddard, Was Fired For A Homophobic Tweet

Damian Goddard lost his position as a sportscaster for Rogers Sportsnet after he decided to express his solidarity with Todd Reynolds and take a stand against gay marriage on Twitter. Although it was 2011, it was also the time right after the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010, so many people had a lot to say. It all began with Sean Avery's support for same-sex couples which started a gay marriage debate. After Todd Reynolds, an agent with Uptown Sports, decided to criticize Avery's stance, Damian Goddard thought it's a good idea to join on with his homophobic views. Soon enough, Rogers Sportsnet representatives issued a statement that simply said that Damian Goddard is no longer with them.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's like that saying goes: respect their existence or expect their resistance

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Apple Legally Fired An Employee, Samuel Crisp, After He Posted Numerous Rants About Apple Products On His Facebook Page

Apple Legally Fired An Employee, Samuel Crisp, After He Posted Numerous Rants About Apple Products On His Facebook Page

Back in 2011, one Apple employee decided to post all the issues he had with the company on his Facebook feed. Unfortunately, one of Crisp's friend on the platform was also an Apple employee who tipped a manager off. Long story short, Apple terminated their contract with Samuel Crisp, well within their right, apparently. Samuel didn't want to give up and took the case to an employment tribunal in Bury St Edmunds. Too bad for him, the tribunal agreed with Apple and dismissed Crisp's complaint, stating that Apple was acting within its rights to fire their employee on the grounds of breaching business conduct policy.

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The Principal Of North Miami Senior High School Lost His Job Over A Facebook Comment

The Principal Of North Miami Senior High School Lost His Job Over A Facebook Comment

If you remember the "McKinney pool party" incident, then you probably remember the outrage and discussion that followed as well. If you're not familiar with the case, it was basically a racially motivated American civil disturbance that occurred on June 5, 2015, when A McKinney police officer was recorded restraining an unarmed black 15-year-old girl on the ground. The police officer, Eric Casebolt, later resigned. It didn't stop the principal of North Miami Senior High School, Alberto Iber, to drop his two cents on Facebook, expressing support to the officer fighting unarmed teenagers in swimsuits. The Miami-Dade County school district responded to Iber's comment by removing him as a principal.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He was afraid for his life? What a coward! If you think violence like that is ok against kids, you should not be responsible for them.

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Gilbert Gottfried Made Insensitive Jokes About The The Earthquake Disaster In Japan Which Cost Him A Voice Acting Role

Gilbert Gottfried Made Insensitive Jokes About The The Earthquake Disaster In Japan Which Cost Him A Voice Acting Role

The comedian who has a history of making controversial jokes managed to turn another one out on Twitter back in 2011, when he posted a rather insensitive tweet on his page. The joke referenced the earthquake disaster in Japan that took over 15,000 lives and resulted in $360 billion damage. He was quickly dismissed from voicing Aflac's duck mascot which was unsurprising as Aflac does 75% of its business in Japan.

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Alicia Ann Lynch Was Fired From Her Job And Received Death Threats After Posting A Picture Of Herself In A Boston Marathon Victim Halloween Costume

Alicia Ann Lynch Was Fired From Her Job And Received Death Threats After Posting A Picture Of Herself In A Boston Marathon Victim Halloween Costume

In 2013, Alicia Ann Lynch had no idea that her life would become a living nightmare after she posted a photo of her Halloween costume on Twitter. Unfortunately, she decided to dress up as a Boston Marathon bombing victim and people noticed. People noticed and people were outraged. They sent Lynch death threats, vile messages and some even went as far as to dig up her old provocative photos, despite Alicia's apologies and attempts to delete the initial photo. Her Twitter account was suspended and once she got access to it again, that's what Alicia tweeted: "I have been fired from my job. I am paying for what I thought was a simple joke. I know it was wrong now. I wasn't thinking".

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's on poor taste but why death threats? How does that make anything better?

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A Social Media Strategist For Chrysler, Scott Bartosiewicz, Got Fired After Tweeting A Personal Message On The Official Twitter Account For Chrysler

A Social Media Strategist For Chrysler, Scott Bartosiewicz, Got Fired After Tweeting A Personal Message On The Official Twitter Account For Chrysler

Mr. Bartosiewicz had the misfortune of mixing up his personal account with the one that he was managing at his job. When he expressed his personal opinion in a tweet that said "I find it ironic that Detroit is known as the #motorcity and yet no one here knows how to [effin] drive", Scott didn't mean to post to it to the effin official Chrysler account. To no surprise, Chrysler officials didn't take too kindly to someone dropping the f-bomb to their customers and promptly ended the contract with Bartosiewicz's employer, New Media Strategies. Oh, and Scott was fired, which also didn't surprise anyone.

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A Pastor And High-Ranking Crossfit Employee Was Fired For A Homophobic Tweet

A Pastor And High-Ranking Crossfit Employee Was Fired For A Homophobic Tweet

Less than a year ago, a pastor at a local church and a CrossFit employee was fired for taking a stance on Twitter. Russell Berger, who was the company’s chief knowledge officer, tweeted in support of a CrossFit gym in Indianapolis, Indiana, where owners decided to cancel a workout in honor of Pride Month. While many employees and coaches decided to quit the gym, Berger only had words of encouragement for such a decision and went as far as calling LGBT pride celebrations a sin. It didn't take long before CrossFit announced that they fired Berger on Twitter.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Act like a bigot, get fired. This is not rocket science, kids. The guy acted like an a*s and got what he deserved.

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Math Teacher From Colorado Was Fired For A Series Of Tweets And Racy Photos Online

Math Teacher From Colorado Was Fired For A Series Of Tweets And Racy Photos Online

Carly McKinney, a high school math teacher in Colorado came under fire after her social media posts caught the school board's attention. The photos shared on Twitter page "Carly Crunk Bear" showed the former teacher in some provocative situations, like smoking weed and appearing to be intoxicated or semi-nude. The social media posts got McKinney suspended at first, and later her employment was terminated. McKinney went on to defend herself, stating that the Twitter account was a parody and she never had drugs involved in her professional life. After her suspension, many students demanded her to be reinstated as many found her relatable and the board's decision unreasonable.

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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think it is weird that a teacher can't do any stupid things at her/his spare time. When I was at school some teachers at my school did some really stupid things (like had a bar fight where one of the teachers got his rib broken, also one teacher had a serious gambling broblem) but still they were allowed to continue their work.

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CNN Fires Host And Author Reza Aslan For Calling Trump A "Piece Of [poop]" On Twitter

CNN Fires Host And Author Reza Aslan For Calling Trump A "Piece Of [poop]" On Twitter

Reacting to Trump's response to 2017 London Bridge attack, producer and television host Reza Aslan took to Twitter to express his outrage. While many people, famous or not, have very strong opinions when it comes to the current President of the USA, CNN didn't take Aslan's descriptions of Trump too kindly and fired their employee. The news network wanted to make it clear what kind of speech, on or off-camera, they tolerate and approve off. Unfortunately for Aslan, calling Trump an "embarrassment to humankind" and "piece of [poop]" wasn't exactly welcome and had his documentary series "Believer" dropped from CNN.

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Lloyds Bank Worker Stephanie Bon Compared Her Salary To The CEO's In A Facebook Post That Had Her Fired

Lloyds Bank Worker Stephanie Bon Compared Her Salary To The CEO's In A Facebook Post That Had Her Fired

Stephanie Bon was an HR assistant for Lloyds Banking Group when she heard about António Horta-Osório's pay deal, a whopping £13.5million in salary. She aired her grievances in a Facebook post saying "LBG's new CEO gets £4,000 an hour. I get £7. That's fair." While it might not be fair at all, it also wasn't exactly smart to complain on a social media site where people could see it, especially your coworkers... or your boss. After the company became aware of the post, Bon was promptly escorted from the office and fired. The former employee thought their decision was ridiculous, saying that "[she] can't believe [she has] been treated so appallingly for what essentially amounts to a chat with [her] mates outside work".

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CBS Vice President Hayley Geftman-Gold Was Fired After Calling Victims Of Las Vegas Shooting 'Republican Gun Toters'

CBS Vice President Hayley Geftman-Gold Was Fired After Calling Victims Of Las Vegas Shooting 'Republican Gun Toters'

Hayley Geftman-Gold was a vice president and senior legal counsel at CBS in New York when she wrote a comment on Facebook expressing her dislike for the Republicans — whom she called “Repugs”. While everyone's allowed to have their opinion, a lot of people felt Hayley crossed the line when she expressed lack of sympathy for the victims of the deadliest mass shooting committed by an individual in the history of the United States, by saying that they don't deserve it as most of them are 'Republican gun toters'. Following the public outrage, CBS responded by issuing a statement, declaring that Geftman-Gold was no longer their employee. Later, Hayley herself issued an apology, stating that she's “deeply sorry for diminishing the significance of every life affected”.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That was harsh, heartless and unnecessary. I don't blame CBS. I'd get as far away from her as I could too.

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A Security Guard In A Florida Hospital Was Fired After Posting A Video Of Himself Farting On Instagram, Turned It Around And Became An Internet Fart Star

A Security Guard In A Florida Hospital Was Fired After Posting A Video Of Himself Farting On Instagram, Turned It Around And Became An Internet Fart Star

Last year, a Florida security guard known as Doug filmed himself farting over 75 times while at work and posted some of the footage to his Instagram account "Paul Flart". The account's description labels Doug as "The Fart Authority", though authorities at the hospital didn't take too kindly to the man's footage. Avid fan of immortalizing his life on video, he even filmed the moment he got fired, as a supervisor declared that he has violated company policy which prohibits using phones on the job and by filming himself wearing his security guard uniform on hospital grounds. Though while his security guard career was over, Doug didn't give up and starter a fundraiser where he said that his "goal is to be the first person to make a living off farting after getting fired from [his] job in a public manner". With his 104k Instagram followers, it seems that Doug is doing just fine!

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Sociology Professor At The University Of Tampa, Kenneth L. Storey, Was Fired For A Tweet That Blamed Harvey On Gop Vote

Sociology Professor At The University Of Tampa, Kenneth L. Storey, Was Fired For A Tweet That Blamed Harvey On Gop Vote

In 2017, as the the costliest tropical cyclone on record, Hurricane Harvey, raged over the Southern states of the USA, Ken Storey shared some of his thought on Twitter. At the time Storey was a visiting assistant sociology professor in the University of Tampa, though as soon as the university higher-ups learned about his hot takes online, the man's time at the school was over. What exactly got him the boot? It was public outrage over his tweet, where the man expressed that he believed the people of Texas deserved the devastation that Harvey brought simply for voting Republican. Well, Harvey might not have been instant karma, but Storey surely received a good taste of it. Later, he issued an apology on his Twitter: "I deeply regret a statement I posted yesterday. I never meant to wish ill will upon any group. I hope all affected by Harvey recover quickly."

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm more appalled by the fact that he is a sociology professor than by his comments.

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Teacher Is Forced To Resign After Student's Parent Complains About Her Photo On Facebook

Teacher Is Forced To Resign After Student's Parent Complains About Her Photo On Facebook

2011 was truly the year when people first discovered the dangers social media could have for your job. Ashley Payne was one of them. She lost her job as a high school teacher after some parents complained about her photos on Facebook. In a photo from her holiday to Europe, Payne is holding two drinks in both hands. Seems quite innocent? Well, not innocent enough for the head teacher. She was given a choice to resign or to be suspended, of which she chose the former. Payne later tried to get her job back by suing the school, but ultimately lost the legal battle.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one I really don't understand - also loosing the legal battle

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