Was firing an over-reaction?

Lemme get this right. You think she should be able to sue to keep her job? A job that under no possible circumstance she will EVER be able to perform, for that or any other employer so long as memory (and Google) exists? And that condition exists entirely because of her own bad judgment and actions.

Whether you agree with whether it SHOULD be thus, the reality is what it is. After her little stunt no sane male of the species would be caught dead in the same convention center or sales presentation with her out of pure abject fear even if they were PC enough not to shun her for moral reasons. So how in the heck do you do Developer Evangelism in an industry that is, again we aren't talking about what should be but about what is, very male dominated when you are so radioactive that pretty much every new and legacy media outlet has now run at least one feature on your antics? And remember, Google never forgets.

For such things was the French Foreign Legion created.