He’s fired. Who’s next? Sexist buffoonery cost man his job. But you could lose yours for a lot less.

In its eight years of existence, Toronto’s BMO Field has become known as a refuge from workaday decorum—a place where soccer fans can let loose their animal subconscious, gulping beer and braying out their frustrations far from the disapproving eyes of colleagues and bosses. It was living up to that reputation two Sundays ago, when Shauna Hunt, a reporter with CityNews, dropped by the stadium’s southeast plaza to catch fans spilling out of a match between their beloved Toronto FC and the Houston Dynamo. The bacchanalia had ended with a 2-1 Toronto loss, but civil order was not yet in force and, as Hunt set up to interview a pair of fans, a drunk man with a goatee lurched into the frame and spat out an all-too-familiar slur: “F–k her right in the p—y.”

The phrase emerged two years ago from an Internet hoax, uttered by a prankster pretending to be a foul-mouthed TV reporter. Strangers began shouting it at female journalists doing live hits, and it spread like a contagion from the sewers of the web. Hunt, a hard-news veteran, says she’d heard it about 10 times that day, and she decided on the spot she was done ignoring it. With the camera rolling, she rounded on a group of leering, glassy-eyed onlookers who’d been waiting gleefully for the scene to unfold. The speaker had drifted away, but two of his friends, astonishingly, stuck around to defend the insult: “I think it’s quite substantial,” smirked one, while the other—later revealed to be a young network engineer named Shawn Simoes—raved that “It’s f–king awesome!” adding: “You’re lucky there’s not a f–king vibrator in your ear!”—a reference to instances in which “FHRITP” practitioners have brought along sex toys as props.

Within hours of CityNews posting the footage on its website, the clip had gone viral and the men were bobbing in a sea of social-media revulsion. “Cretin,” “jerk,” and “asshole” counted among the milder labels applied by their YouTube jury, which, by press time, numbered around 4.4 million. The initial reaction on Monday night could be described as generalized outrage, punctuated by pity for Hunt. But the ritual shaming—familiar now from a slew of mass denunciations on Twitter—soon took a more personal turn. Shortly after 2 p.m. on Tuesday, several tweeters identified Simoes by name and outed him as an employee of Hydro One, Ontario’s provincial power utility. A few tagged their posts with Hydro’s Twitter address, demanding the Crown corporation take action, while others dug up his annual salary, $107,000, from the province’s sunshine list. Reporters began seeking comment from Hydro One and, like that—less than 24 hours after he appeared on screen—Simoes paid the price for his misadventure. Hydro One announced it was sacking him.

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Boo Fricking Hoo. I have no problem with Simoes getting fired.

But. Shauna Hunt better watch her back. SHE herself could get fired.

Read the article. There are other examples of where Social Media backfired.

Adria Richards tweeted a post and ruined two lives. However - it backfired on her and she lost her job and went into reclusion for over a year.

Best advice here: DO NOT FACEBOOK. DO NOT TWEET!@

Hunt, a hard-news veteran, says she’d heard it about 10 times that day, and she decided on the spot she was done ignoring it.

LOL, bullsh*t. She went hunting for it where she knew it could be found, and got what she was looking for.

This kind of stuff is going to get louder and louder over the next year - Hillary is running for President on the Angry Oppressed Woman Platform, and the media is staying up nights trying to figure out how to stage news for her.

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