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> Was Adria's reaction, to this as an isolated event, out of hand? Yes.

No. Someone said something sexist in public. She put it out on Twitter. If you don't like that. You better watch what you say in public.

We should back up people who stand against discrimination and support them. SendGrid firing her basically says she shouldn't have stood up for herself. Which is pitiful.



They said a inappropriate joke, not something sexist. There was nothing sexist about it. I repeat, she was not discriminated against. It was unprofessional and out of line, but what she did was far far more inappropriate and unprofessional.


Since when did telling a simple techie joke become sexist? And how did one individual telling another individual privately that joke become discrimination?

Eavesdrop much and then drop a nuke on the people your eavesdropping on? She got what she deserved. She tried to flex her e-peen to see how much clout she had online and that ended up biting her in the ass.




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