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(#2) CrossFit Fired A Trainer After He Called LGBTQ+ Pride 'A Sin'
In June 2018, a CrossFit gym in Indianapolis, IN, canceled a Pride Month workout. Most social media users were enraged, but Russell Berger, an Alabama-based Christian pastor and CrossFit trainer, applauded the gym for its "convictions." The tweet from June 6, 2018 read:
As someone who personally believes celebrating "pride" is a sin, I’d like to personally encourage #CrossFitInfiltrate for standing by their convictions and refusing to host an @indypride workout. The intolerance of the LGBTQ ideology toward any alternative views is mind-blowing.
When Berger faced backlash on Twitter, he defended his response, saying:
The tactics of some in the LGBTQ movement toward dissent is an existential threat to freedom of expression. The lack of tolerance for disagreement, which has been replaced with bullying Twitter mobs promising "consequences," should be a concern regardless of your political stance.
CrossFit was not having any of this. The company went on damage control and quickly tweeted their support of the LGBTQ community and made an official statement declaring Russell was fired. In an interview with Buzzfeed News, CrossFit founder and CEO Greg Glassman said:
He needs to take a big dose of ‘shut the f*ck up' and hide out for awhile. It’s sad. We do so much good work with such pure hearts - to have some zealot in his off-time do something this stupid, we’re all upset. The whole company is upset. This changes his standing with us. What that looks like, I don’t know. It’s so unfortunate.
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(#17) Gilbert Gottfried
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Until 2011, Gilbert Gottfried was the voice of the Aflac Duck. Then he started tweeting jokes about the Japanese tsunami. One tiny problem: Aflac does 75% of its business in Japan. The company announced a casting call for his replacement directly after cutting him loose.
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(#10) Justine Sacco Fired After AIDS Tweet
On December 20, 2013, on the eve of her flight to visit family in South Africa, Justine Sacco, global head of communications for the digital media conglomerate IAC, tweeted: "Going to Africa. Hope I don't get AIDS. Just kidding. I'm White!" As expected, the Internet exploded.
Sacco claims that she meant the tweet as a piece of satire, but regardless of the context of her tweet - she was fired.
Source: Gawker
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(#13) Rashard Mendenhall Lost Endorsement Deals After Tweeting About Bin Laden
In 2011, Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall tweeted disappointment in the overwhelming praise of Osama bin Laden's death by the American public. In the following months, he lost his endorsement deals and was traded to Arizona where he played for only one year.
Source: Fox Sports
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(#9) Brookfield Zoo Employee Fired After Racially Biased Tweet
In June 2015, an employee at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago posted a selfie, with a clever caption that said, "Wassup y'all? At work serving these rude [...] white people." The zoo's spokeswoman, Sondra Katzen, informed the public that employee was "seasonal" and also happened to be "no longer employed" by the zoo.
Source: Chicago Tribune
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(#8) Principal Fired For Comment
Miami officer David Eric Casebolt wasn't the only one who lost his job after pulling a gun at an unruly teenage pool party. North Miami Senior High School principal Alberto Iber was also sacked after unwisely adding his two cents to the nationally controversial debate.
Iber wrote a public comment on the Miami Herald website, saying: “He [Casebolt] did nothing wrong. He was afraid for his life. I commend him for his actions.” The comment showed his Facebook picture, name, school and title.
Miami-Dade School District (whose student body is 99% minority) Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said:
Judgment is the currency of honesty. Insensitivity - intentional or perceived - is both unacceptable and inconsistent with our policies, but more importantly with our expectation of common sense behavior that elevates the dignity and humanity of all, beginning with children.
Source: Miami Herald
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