Woman fired for offensive facebook post

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Posted: 11/21/2012

 

It's been reported that a facebook photo cost a Massachusetts woman her job.
Lindsey Stone took the picture on a business trip to Washington, D.C.
She's standing next to a sign saying "silence and respect" at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
Stone posed by it pretending to scream, and putting up her middle finger.
The woman worked for on organization which helps adults with disabilities.
After complaints from all over the country she was suspended without pay and then let go.

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