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> Is the situation in the US that insane

Does PG live in the Bay Area? That’s probably why. Most mainstream American opinions would get a person fired there.

Name one?

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.

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

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

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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