let alone express those hateful ideas publicly. What did she think would happen?

You would think a lawyer would know better but here we are.

When you work for the government, you actually sign up to have your first amendment rights curtailed, sometimes, severely.

I work for the government. While I am free to voice opinions outside of my duties. I also understand that I reflect the position of my office when I engage with people on duty AND that my behavior off work hours, if egregious enough, and bringing scandal upon my office, will likely get me into trouble.

The problem here is that when the situation becomes emotional to such an extent, rationality goes out the window. Emotions beat logic and reason, at least in the short run.

In the era before the ubiquitous cell phone and online communication, you could maybe have a "bad day" and one or two people might hear it and it would be "he said, she said" type of business. The double edge sword of today is that you could have an impulsive and irrational reaction, and it will be caught on video or online FOREVER and affect your life forever. The good thing is we do not need people like Choudhurry in any positions of public service and/or authority...ever.

She needs to take some time to re-evaluate her life and attitudes.

You hear that people under the influence of alcohol or under significant stress, will say things "they don't mean". Actually it is thoughts and attitudes that are inside of them, but that they actively suppress (for good or bad).

I will freely admit here, that I grew up hearing a good deal of racial animosity, toward Black people, toward Asian people, and even toward fellow Latinos. I grew up in a place where we all lived around each other and there were often demographic changes in neighborhoods, and the perception of fighting for "space" and resources. I grew up, and got educated, and challenged those ideas. I work, everyday, actively to not fall into patterns of behavior influenced by my upbringing and surroundings.

In the United States, unless you are very sheltered or had the blessing of being brought up in the most progressive and open communities, you will have some experience and conditioning with racial biases and prejudice. It is almost like "air" in the US. The point is that you have to actively fight it. You have to be honest with yourself. Instead of saying, "I'm not racist" "I don't have a racist bone in my body..." or other platitudes, is understanding that the system has racial bias built in.

I actively strive to be a better person every day, to overcome the conditioning that was present throughout my upbringing and which exists today. Sometimes I fail but I always try to be better, to respect people, to understand their experiences, and to treat everyone with dignity.

Antisemitism is baked in, racial prejudice against Black people, Latinos, and Asian people is baked in. Sexism and anti-LGBTQ attitudes are baked in. They wash over us in ways we may not even perceive. Our goal should be to uncover attitudes inside ourselves and find out where the messages are coming from so that we can challenge and dismantle those sources.

to find a job for a while. But I think the state should revoke her license.