While I don't agree with you getting fired since what you do outside of work should be your own business IMO, I'm still going to say this could all have been avoided if you didn't have some of those things on your facebook profile. The internet is not some private little bubble anymore. Over the past year now I've seen plenty of headlines online about people getting fired over pictures or comments on their myspaces, websites, whatever. It's not like this is the first case of this happening ever. I know some of the dorm officials and RAs at my university were using Facebook well over 2 years ago to help catch underage drinkers living on campus because of their photos. I'm not saying it's your fault, but I am saying you put yourself in the position to get screwed over like this.
yeah, I guess a part of this thread is a warning - i didn't think this could or would happen to me. I've heard of it happening before, in much more extreme circumstances where, for example, a group of police officers joined the group 'look, I've had a pocol' (short for police collision) and made jokes about driving into old age pensioners.
I know my profile is quite.. out there as regards to humour in places, and it explictly states my political position but these things aren't things I am ashamed of.
I guess.. watch out. Even if you think you're safe, and your profile's friends only, you're not.
And yes, I got along with everyone there, which is one reason this is so hurtful. There were three people there that annoyed me slightly - two women who'd sit on my desk and generally act like my supervisors even though they were the same level as me, and one boy wasn't terribly impressed with me because I decided I didn't want to sleep with him, but I can't see either of those things being major enough to make a complaint about me, especially one as devious and simply untrue as this.
For everyone who thinks my feminism means I hate men - I don't. I get on well with men. I've got a wonderful boyfriend, my best friend is male, far more male friends than female, and I've got two fucking wonderful little brothers who I'd do anything for. I don't think I should even have to justify myself like this, to be fair. What I do hate is the inequality of the current system, but that's another argument for another day, and should I bother to get involved in Lexite's topic about feminism I'm sure I'll expand on those views there.