[LWJ]

The prior answers do a great job of framing the incident as a crazy person's response.

And that is how you frame it. Calmly. Rationally. Concerned.

As you know, you are in a lose-lose situation. You have been called a racist. You have a pic with your middle finger up. You look bad.

You need to show the context from which your actions are rational, fair, and reasonable.

You can do this. I know you have lost sleep over this and it is consuming you. Don't let it. What if you write a rough draft response or two here and we critique it?

Good luck! You got this.