I agree, I think it's stupid for her to be fired for an ignorant comment made in anger. It's getting pretty damn bad when people are in danger of losing their work because people are 'sensitive'.
This is going to eventually reach to the people who say things like dumb blonde...redneck hillbilly... ect
I'm not arguing that she should (or should not) have been fired, but it was not a comment made in anger. It was the same comment repeated ad nauseum over what appeared to be at least a couple different days.