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I think it is hard to beat this case, when it comes to absurdity:

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/sdge-worker-fired-ove...

A Mexican driver was fired for stretching his fingers when driving. Somebody thought he was making a white supremacy sign and started the classical social media shitstorm.

For a blue collar immigrant worker, losing their job overnight might be pretty serious. They usually have fewer savings to rely on.

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You're right it is hard to beat that. And mostly everyone can see it is absurd. It is also probably absurd to extrapolate this event to a representation of an entire culture or political affiliation. I would challenge you to ask ten liberal people you know what they think of this.

Does it matter what they think? Actions matter more than thoughts. Even the person responsible for this hasn't done anything to stop or reverse the decision.

> NBC 7 spoke to the man who originally posted the picture on Twitter. He has since deleted his account and said he may have gotten "spun up" about the interaction and misinterpreted it. He says he never intended for Cafferty to lose his job.

Of course it matters what people think.

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