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		0xy on April 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Heresy I witnessed someone get fired for wearing a MAGA hat in a Twitter picture at an unnamed tech company. Yes, that was the only reason. He was a good performer. Holding a view that tens of millions of Americans have and you get fired. It's not even particularly controversial.

_clhx on April 11, 2022 [–]

I don't think this happened to very many people.

0xy on April 11, 2022 | [–]

That's called moving the goalposts. Mainstream political opinions absolutely will get you fired at large tech companies.

_clhx on April 11, 2022 | | [–]

No it isn't, because these are all anecdotes, and I never made a claim anyway, I asked you to name one.

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