That is exactly what happened to gays and lesbians and single moms in conservative places. That is what happens to anyone with history of sex work. There is actual organization right know to collect wrong thing said by liberal professors and to try them get fired.

The abortion clinic volunteers that go with you so that you are not yelled at alone are a thing for a reason.

And in civil rights era, white who did not supported segregation was economically punished and had hard time to find job.