In what world does that rate a firing? Looks like it should rate at most "don't be grouchy on twitter" from a manager. Firing someone with 12 year seniority for defending them? Now that rates a firing - of the manager.
A quick skim of the linked forum shows it to be the usual whiny entitled place that is most game forums and the statement calling it "attacks on the community" is comical. Is such obsequiousness what we now expect?