I think this is a great post.
This is a conversation we should start having in schools for kids coming into the digital age. The conversation that ownership and responsibility have changed and we need to be aware that Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, all social media forms going forward, are snapshots in a vacuum that do not get the benefit of explanation. I think if we were to talk about this as individuals, unheated and reasonably, we would agree that while some situations just like this have unearthed a hidden personality trait in an individual, we are also lynching persons for ridiculous statements with much less heinous intentions than we fear.
The answer to me doesn't seem to be "Hey, re-envision free speech" or "We should condemn all violations" but rather we should take this time to discuss personal responsibility and reason when using such tools.
We may disagree with such comments we deem sexist, racist, bigoted, insensitive, etc, but I will note we do so through slighted lenses (people still say "retarded" derrogatorily but condemn the use of the word "gay" which is in no small part hypocritical.) Instead, we should use these moments to openly discuss, without close-mindedness to further our own growth.
More on-topic... I really dig SubNautica so it is unfortunate to see this sort of thing. I'm sure it wasn't an easy decision to let this guy go, but the world we live in placed them in that difficult place. A world where we cannot be sure if what we say will haunt us, whether we feel these things in our core or or merely express a random passing thought.