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Controversy incoming, and I advise you to read EVERYTHING before posting an opinion because it's clear that many of the news sites are using eye grabbing titles before giving you all the facts:

 

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2016/03/30/controversy-erupts-over-nintendo-employees-termination.aspx?utm_content=buffer76c52&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

 

So Allison Rapp is well known as a marketing person for Nintendo in their Treehouse branch. Some time ago she became the target of a lot of criticism for things like the boob slider in Xenoblade Chronicles X being removed in America or the petting minigame in Fire Emblem Fates being removed in the American version. Truthfully she actually had no decision in these games, but that didn't stop her from becoming a target of harassment. Recently she was fired from Nintendo as she claims due to the harassment getting so much that Nintendo doesn't want to associate with her anymore.

 

However Nintendo tells a different story and states she was moonlighting at a job that would be a conflict of interest with her job at Nintendo. When asked about this she admitted she had a second job but just said that Nintendo was cool with it and never stated what that job was. She insists her termination was due to the harassment.

 

My take on this?

 

Rapp did receive some harassment for something that wasn't her fault and at LEAST she is done snubbing Nintendo for now, but her answer to her second job question leads me to believe she is withholding information and thus lying. They asked about her second job and she only said it wasn't an issue. She didn't give the nature of the second job which to me says she doesn't want it revealed because she knows it is a conflict of interest. I think it's more likely she was terminated because she broke the rules and she is using this as a springboard to push her agenda. If in a couple of months she joins the legions of Anita Sarkeesian and Zoe Quinn, then we can be positive this was all for an agenda.

 

Is Nintendo completely blameless? No. They knew she was being harassed and remained quiet. Nintendo did nothing to try and stop the harassment such as perhaps... Coming forward and saying she had nothing to do with those games? None the less while they are not blameless there is not enough evidence to state they fired her over the harassment.

 

Sadly this doesn't stop people from rallying and assuming it's a sexism issue when there is no evidence.

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Sometimes I wonder what the hell is wrong with Nintendo fans, and I am one.

 

There isn't enough information here.  Nintendo gives what sounds like a reasonable explanation for her termination, but she gives a completely different explanation.  This brings me to one conclusion: Somebody is full of shit.  I don't want to get on either hate train because the truth will probably come out eventually.  That, and hate trains were kind of the problem in the first place.  I will say that it's odd how she admits to moonlighting at a super-secret-second job.  You could say that she's concealing a damning piece of information, or you could say that, were Nintendo's explanation bull, she could have denied having the other job altogether.

 

Really, though: If she was enduring all of this harassment at the hands of Nintendo fans...  Why would she want to continue working there, anyhow?  You said Nintendo wasn't taking steps to stop the harassment.  Though, even if they had come out and said she was innocent of whatever the hell people were blaming her for, I bet people would have continued harassing her any damned way.

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Sometimes I wonder what the hell is wrong with Nintendo fans, and I am one.

 

I have loved them for so long. I have a SNES controller tattooed on me. But sometimes... They make no sense...

 

 

 

There isn't enough information here.  Nintendo gives what sounds like a reasonable explanation for her termination, but she gives a completely different explanation.

 

I originally leaned towards "Nintendo is saving face", but then her choice of answer to her second job had me leaning the other way. She never mentioned the second job before, and when brought up she just said "Nintendo was fine with it" and never stated what it was or anything further. Which to me is super suspicious. I feel like if Nintendo had ACTUALLY fired her for wanting to get away from the harassment she was getting, they would have just made some bullcrap PR response. It's very rare that companies reveal termination information, so the fact that they did tells me that they saw her move at trying to blame gamergate as dire enough to bend the rules.

 

I'd say I am learning towards 60% chance Nintendo is telling the truth and 40% chance she is telling the truth, but I need to check her track record to find out more. If she has a long track record of pulling stunts like this, I'd say that will influence my opinion. And of course as I said: what she does in the coming months will DEFINITELY give us a hint. If she suddenly becomes an icon for GamerGate, then it becomes clear this was all a publicity stunt.

 

 

 

I will say that it's odd how she admits to moonlighting at a super-secret-second job.  You could say that she's concealing a damning piece of information, or you could say that, were Nintendo's explanation bull, she could have denied having the other job altogether.

 

Yeah I feel like she shot herself in the foot by admitting there was some truth to their statement because now people want to know what this second job was and no doubt someone is going to dig it up. Also I question why she has a second job to begin with, I mean Nintendo pays good money. So many questions.

 

 

 

Really, though: If she was enduring all of this harassment at the hands of Nintendo fans...  Why would she want to continue working there, anyhow?  You said Nintendo wasn't taking steps to stop the harassment.  Though, even if they had come out and said she was innocent of whatever the hell people were blaming her for, I bet people would have continued harassing her any damned way.

 

Yeah. THANKFULLY as she stated after her termination and after her attempt to blame GamerGate she did say she wants us to focus mostly on improving the situation and not on specific people. She went on to say that there are great people at Nintendo that are helping push for progressiveness and she wants people to support them. So I think really what happened here is she tried to blame GamerGate, didn't work, so she now is deciding to do the right thing and just tell everyone to forget it happened and keep moving forward. Which I can say at LEAST she had the decency to not try and make it a big thing against Nintendo which would just do more harm than good. 

 

 

UPDATE: She claims she was moonlighting under a fake name to pay off student loans. Which begs the question: if Moonlight is accepted under Nintendo... Why the fake name?

 

https://archive.is/O3s2e

 

More interestingly I am hearing rumors that apparently she was moonlighting as a porn star. No confirmation yet, but I'll keep looking!

 

UPDATE 2: Apparently she was also caught posting somewhat suggestive things on her public  Twitter posting somewhat risque posts of her in her nighties. While there is nothing wrong with that, I can definitely see why a family friendly company would be alarmed. To top this off, apparently she wrote a paper in college defending child porn in Japan, which is a hot button issue over there.

 

http://archive.is/2z2oI

 

I would say my 60/40 is now a bit more 65/35.

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I was following this a lot after it went live yesterday and holy hell this entire thing is just a huge clusterfuck.

 

- Her second , which she never said what it was, from what I read, it does sound like it plays a part. I think it's worth noting that she used her second job under a different name, if Nintendo allows for having a second job, why would she need an alias? It makes it more obvious that it conflicted with Nintendo's interest and she knew that from the start 

- As far as harassment goes, it got bad enough that a bunch of her co-workers also began getting threats at Nintendo, and the harassers got The Wayne Foundation(an anti-pedophilia group) on Nintendo's case due to accusations of her being a pedo-sympathizer(which if you read her tweets and her thesis in context, that's not the case)

- To follow up the latter, she made some controversial statements on twitter and posted a thesis statement on her LinkedIn that when taken out of context(rather easily I must say) it could be terrible and a PR nightmare for Nintendo. Especially as a company heavy on having a family-friendly image

 

 

I really like Alison for her work at Nintendo and how open she was to fans and to see this as the end result after all that harassment is appalling, I hope she lands on her feet soon. I think Nintendo handled this entire thing very poorly, but at the same time they were in a terrible lose-lose situation that could end horribly for them, and I don't envy them at all for. Fuck, this entire situation is just...fuck

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I was following this a lot after it went live yesterday and holy hell this entire thing is just a huge clusterfuck.

 

More info incoming as well. Supposedly she is asking for Patreon money and people are suddenly asking where they can send support, so perhaps that was the agenda here. I mean let's face it: SJWs are notorious for throwing their money at causes and asking questions later. Many people have been ripped off by fake stories and false "social justice causes" that they fell for because they refused to be skeptical when there was evidence to suggest they should be.

 

I also find it interesting that she is claiming she was wrongfully terminated and yet... No lawsuit. She seems to act like she has a pretty open and shut case and yet... No lawsuit. Why?

 

 

 

- As far as harassment goes, it got bad enough that a bunch of her co-workers also began getting threats at Nintendo, and the harassers got The Wayne Foundation(an anti-pedophilia group) on Nintendo's case due to accusations of her being a pedo-sympathizer(which if you read her tweets and her thesis in context, that's not the case) - To follow up the latter, she made some controversial statements on twitter and posted a thesis statement on her LinkedIn that when taken out of context(rather easily I must say) it could be terrible and a PR nightmare for Nintendo. Especially as a company heavy on having a family-friendly image

 

She made some unwise decisions when working for such a big company that relies on good PR. That's really what this was.

 

 

 

I really like Alison for her work at Nintendo and how open she was to fans and to see this as the end result after all that harassment is appalling, I hope she lands on her feet soon. I think Nintendo handled this entire thing very poorly, but at the same time they were in a terrible lose-lose situation that could end horribly for them, and I don't envy them at all for

 

Really though with all that has come up about Rapp... I think she got off relatively easy. I mean remember we had guys who were basically bared from working in the industry for far lessor issues. Hell remember the two guys who made a dick joke around a feminist blogger who weren't even talking to her that lost their jobs? I'd say given all the evidence that has already surfaced, I think Nintendo just got tired of giving her chances, which I don't blame them for. 

 

UPDATE 3: It has been stated that she was complaining about Nintendo trying to enforce a professional look on her. They advised her against another piercing and tattoo and she did it anyways. She apparently has gone on record to publicly disagree with Nintendo's policies which is very unprofessional. While I think it's bullcrap that jobs can fire you over your tattoos and piercings, publicly complaining about a company when you work in PR is not professional. Also supposedly her second job had something to do with modeling which is a bad move. When you're PR, you get a lot of face time, so a bad second job would be anything that has a lot of face time... Modeling being one of them. 

 

https://archive.is/3s3ZY

 

It's implied that the photos are somewhat suggestive which does not align with Nintendo's family-friendly values.

 

Yeah I am now like 80/20

 

UPDATE 4: Sweet mother of god, this is insane. The more I look, the more I find.

 

This tops the cake for me. She apparently had an amazon wishlist and would encourage people to buy her lingerie which she would take photos of and share on her Twitter which she used for company purposes. I mean it's bad enough that is unprofessional, but on a more personal note, I find it to be very materialistic and snobby. You work for a fortune 500 company probably making pretty great money and you ask people to buy you free lingerie. Like it's so obvious she was just taking advantage of a lot of lonely men for free stuff. What's more unprofessional is how she whined when called out on it:

 

https://twitter.com/alisonrapp/status/678054443590418432

 

I am not 99% confident she is full of crap and that Nintendo had plenty of good reason to fire her.

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I am not 99% confident she is full of crap and that Nintendo had plenty of good reason to fire her.

I had a feeling that neither side was telling the full story here, thanks for the info things are making a lot more sense now. It sounds like she is blaming Gamergate for getting her fired and playing the victim to cash in when it is really her own fault. What also dosen't help is that some Gamergate supporters have jumped to conclusions and all the clickbait titles aren't helping.

 

What is particularly annoys me is the accusations of her being a pedophile, if I am understanding things correctly her thesis states the US should not pressure Japan to adopt child porn laws closer to theirs which dosen't automatically mean endorsement of child porn but simply means that the US shouldn't interfere in another countries affairs which as a non interventionist is something I agree with even though I find child porn reprehensible. The bottom line in all this seems to be that she deserved to be fired but not for the reasons some are claiming such as the pedophilia accusations but because she improperly used company resources such as a Twitter account for her own ends which reflected poorly on Nintendo a company that relies heavily on PR and because there is evidence she may have moonlighted which seems to be against Nintendo's company policy.

 

All the sensationalism and unsubstantiated accusations as well as the blatant victim card this now former Nintendo employee is doing to be sickening. Does anybody bother to look at evidence before opening their mouths anymore?

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I had a feeling that neither side was telling the full story here, thanks for the info things are making a lot more sense now. It sounds like she is blaming Gamergate for getting her fired and playing the victim to cash in when it is really her own fault. What also dosen't help is that some Gamergate supporters have jumped to conclusions and all the clickbait titles aren't helping.

 

Sadly news sites care more about ad revenue than integrity and clickbait titles get money.

 

 

 

What is particularly annoys me is the accusations of her being a pedophile, if I am understanding things correctly her thesis states the US should not pressure Japan to adopt child porn laws closer to theirs which dosen't automatically mean endorsement of child porn but simply means that the US shouldn't interfere in another countries affairs which as a non interventionist is something I agree with even though I find child porn reprehensible.

 

Yeah I do not condone people calling her a pedophile or a pedophile apologist. However she did sort of take the risk when she took on a controversial topic like that, but it doesn't make it right for people to call her that.

 

I am against slandering her for anything she did NOT do, but what DOES annoy me is that this happens ANY time a woman is let go from a job at a video game company now. The moment a woman is let go if she screams sexism then there is an uproar and people will assume it's legitimate unless an investigation is conducted. No one can just get fired from their job because they suck at their job anymore. That's super annoying that companies need to jump through insane hoops to fire a bad employee.

 

What's more annoying to me on a personal level is her asking people to buy her lingerie because let's be blunt: a lot of these people are probably lonely guys who at the idea of a female putting on something just for them and taking pictures is a dream come true and she's taking advantage of their low self esteem/abilities with women/social awkwardness. And you KNOW if it was the other way around and it was some hot guy taking advantage of socially awkward girls there would be an uproar about how he's destroying young girls self esteem.

 

Especially since she worked for a fortune 500 company! She made decent money. She could buy her own freakin' lingerie. She also worked a second job apparently. Her message asking for such donations was even so blunt and "gimme gimme" where it flat out said to feed her materialism.

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Sadly news sites care more about ad revenue than integrity and clickbait titles get money.

Either that or pushing some kind of partisan agenda or worse yet both. The more I find out about this situation the more it pisses me off.

 

 

Yeah I do not condone people calling her a pedophile or a pedophile apologist. However she did sort of take the risk when she took on a controversial topic like that, but it doesn't make it right for people to call her that.

Thanks to some evidence someone posted on fimfiction it looks like the accusations of being a pedophile apologist are actually true as she defended a man charged with child pornography. Seriously, what is wrong with this woman?

 

https://archive.is/8nDY5

 

 

I am against slandering her for anything she did NOT do, but what DOES annoy me is that this happens ANY time a woman is let go from a job at a video game company now. The moment a woman is let go if she screams sexism then there is an uproar and people will assume it's legitimate unless an investigation is conducted.

That is what I find most infuriating about this is the victim hood culture which the PC culture has created. What concerns me most about this sort of thing is that it may make it more difficult for people going through actual discrimination by creating a "boy who cried wolf" scenario. While I may hate this SJW crap I know that discrimination is still a thing and does happen and not just to women, I have even gone through discrimination myself at my job. I have a bad right knee with a long record of serious knee injuries that have required medical attention and sometimes requires me to leave work early or call out and they know this yet my closing manager has harassed and guilt tripped me about this for over a year and it took talking to the store manager 3 times and eventually going to the union to get it to finally stop. I have been treated like crap while on workers comp and have even had my company deny that some of my injuries which are work related were even work related to begin with and this particular problem is still ongoing.

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Thanks to some evidence someone posted on fimfiction it looks like the accusations of being a pedophile apologist are actually true as she defended a man charged with child pornography. Seriously, what is wrong with this woman?   https://archive.is/8nDY5

 

... Wow this is... Wow... I just can't even...

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Especially since she worked for a fortune 500 company!

 

Nintendo is not, and could not be, a Fortune 500 company, as one of the requirements is that it's a US company.

 

Anyways...

 

 

 

That is what I find most infuriating about this is the victim hood culture which the PC culture has created. What concerns me most about this sort of thing is that it may make it more difficult for people going through actual discrimination by creating a "boy who cried wolf" scenario. While I may hate this SJW crap I know that discrimination is still a thing and does happen and not just to women

 

This is a tough issue, as many people nowadays (especially when the electronics industry is involved) instantly assume that it's a "boy who cried wolf," while, conversely, many people assume it to be completely true. As the above stated, discrimination is still a thing, it happens to most everyone. However, discrimination in "Silicon Valley" and in other areas of the electronics industry is very lopsided towards women in particular, with studies showing 60% of women working in Silicon Valley claiming to have been sexually harassed as of January 2016, and 90% experience sexist behavior from other company employees. Granted, Silicon Valley is a pretty terrible place to work altogether right now.

 

Regardless of who is calling foul, it is important, in any case, not to let past judgments and other outstanding biases cloud one's mind and to focus on what is known in that particular case. I, personally, support Nintendo in firing her. A person with the position she had needs to be well-liked by the consumer base.

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Nintendo is not, and could not be, a Fortune 500 company, as one of the requirements is that it's a US company.   Anyways...

 

Okay, but a very wealthy company. Also Nintendo has an American branch, which she worked for. I was using hyperbole. 

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Also Nintendo has an American branch, which she worked for. I was using hyperbole.

 

Nintendo of America is not its own company, rather a subsidiary. Nintendo itself is based in Japan, which also leaves it off of most, if not all of the American stock market. As for the hyperbole, I really just wanted to inform.

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From what I've seen she was quite unprofessional and her second job did not go well with Nintendo, the Disney of video games, and their image that they project. I do recall her being immature and unprofessional to fans on twitter as well. Her views on child pornography in that thesis were not unreasonable imo, but her getting disgruntled that a man was arrested for having child pornography (which I believe had actual children on it) was probably a good sign that she shouldn't be working at a place like Nintendo, though she may have actually been angry that some people violated the man's privacy. Correct me if I'm wrong on any of this, but I think that's why some people don't like her and what led to getting her fired.

 

IMO, she seemed like a PR time bomb and Nintendo letting her go was the best thing to do. It just shouldn't have had the build-up that occurred. Her blaming GamerGate for harassment, real or not, I think was a way to avoid criticism and be a professional victim (that's probably my bias talking). The GamerGate people that dug up dirt on her and apparently harassed her were probably those GGRevolt people who are not well liked or respected within GamerGate. I don't like the idea that people got her fired, but I think it shows that you should be careful about what you do and say since one thing can potentially ruin your career. People will dig up dirt on you and do something to get you out of your job. I don't like it, but that's an unfortunate fact of life right now. It's the world as it is.

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I don't like it, but that's an unfortunate fact of life right now. It's the world as it is.

It is possible that some Gamergate supporters may have exposed this information, but with how fast information comes out it is difficult to tell whether that was before or after she was fired. If it was after than it indeed was justified because it was exposing a con artist. Unfortunetely getting people fired that you don't like is something that is becoming increasingly commonplace and though I expect it from SJW's as it is one of the many dirty tricks they pull, but hope that anti SJW's don't make a habit out of it.  I do think that the laws regarding slander, libel and defamation should be updated to more effectively cover things like this because I really don't want it becoming more common than it already is.

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From what I've seen she was quite unprofessional and her second job did not go well with Nintendo, the Disney of video games, and their image that they project. I do recall her being immature and unprofessional to fans on twitter as well. Her views on child pornography in that thesis were not unreasonable imo, but her getting disgruntled that a man was arrested for having child pornography (which I believe had actual children on it) was probably a good sign that she shouldn't be working at a place like Nintendo, though she may have actually been angry that some people violated the man's privacy. Correct me if I'm wrong on any of this, but I think that's why some people don't like her and what led to getting her fired.

 

IMO, she seemed like a PR time bomb and Nintendo letting her go was the best thing to do. It just shouldn't have had the build-up that occurred. Her blaming GamerGate for harassment, real or not, I think was a way to avoid criticism and be a professional victim (that's probably my bias talking). The GamerGate people that dug up dirt on her and apparently harassed her were probably those GGRevolt people who are not well liked or respected within GamerGate. I don't like the idea that people got her fired, but I think it shows that you should be careful about what you do and say since one thing can potentially ruin your career. People will dig up dirt on you and do something to get you out of your job. I don't like it, but that's an unfortunate fact of life right now. It's the world as it is.

 

Well at the end of the day, she shouldn't have been harassed yes, but she lost her job because of herself. The fact that she couldn't own up to that and tried to more or less blame something else is kind of pathetic. Like we are slowly entering a world where it will be next to impossible for an employer to fire someone for legitimate reasons because they can make up any number of bogus claims to keep themselves from being fired. I have a feeling that Nintendo predicted she'd react like this or similar to this due to her posting very SJW-y stuff before. So they kind of were trying to avoid this but finally decided "fuck it" and didn't want to deal with it anymore.

 

 

 

It is possible that some Gamergate supporters may have exposed this information, but with how fast information comes out it is difficult to tell whether that was before or after she was fired.

 

The problem is though: that the information was there to be exposed. You can't blame someone else for telling on you for doing something you're not supposed to when you were doing it in the first place. Most of the "dirt" that was dug up on her was on her Twitter that she used for work which is like... Hiding the bad stuff you're not supposed to do right in the office. She's to blame for her own downfall.

 

 

 

If it was after than it indeed was justified because it was exposing a con artist. Unfortunetely getting people fired that you don't like is something that is becoming increasingly commonplace and though I expect it from SJW's as it is one of the many dirty tricks they pull, but hope that anti SJW's don't make a habit out of it.

 

I can confirm apparently that Nintendo had issues with her before and she admitted to this. And most of this was on her company Twitter, so chances are Nintendo knew about a majority of it but decided to let it pass until now when it just became too much.

 

 

 

 I do think that the laws regarding slander, libel and defamation should be updated to more effectively cover things like this because I really don't want it becoming more common than it already is.

 

The problem is that libel and slander would imply that the accusations made against her are not true, which they are. She did in fact have a second job that was inappropriate for working with Nintendo. She did in fact encourage people to send her lingerie in exchange for sexy photos. She did complain about Nintendo policies when told not to. She did break her work's policies REGULARLY. She did all of this on a Twitter she used for work.

 

She literally more or less handed the people trying to "ruin" her all the tools they needed to take her down. Honestly the only person she should be mad at is herself. What's more shameful is she finally is being fired for crap that anyone else would be fired for months ago and she has to turn around and try to make it out to be someone else's fault and no doubt she'll start accepting patreon money or some other form of "support" from her "fans" that think she's some poor soul that has been wronged by the big mean Nintendo and those terrible GGers. And that to me is just annoying. I had to quit my job once because of the blatant sexism I had to endure at work and I was not rewarded for it. This lady gets fired and blames it on sexism that is not there and she no doubt will be applauded as a hero and rewarded with cash by sheep followers who refuse to accept she's a fraud.

 

I wouldn't say that people being able to get someone fired are the problem, if anything they are a double edged sword. Given this person's nature does anyone REALLY want her to continue working for Nintendo or having any influence over them? I would think not. If anything this shows how annoying it is to fire someone for a legitimate reason because they can pull a publicity stunt to make the company look bad for firing them.

 

I would prefer to live in a world where she was fired months ago for her inappropriate behavior and poor representation of the company instead of being kept for months out of fear that she'd pull crap like this and then when she does she receives praise and possibly monetary rewards.

 

At the end of the day, I think the laws regarding slander, libel and defamation of character are perfect where they are. The reason I feel that way is because CURRENTLY you need a VERY strong case to win such lawsuits and it needs to stay that way because so many people have threatened to sue over those things for the biggest nonsense. Hell Donald Trump alone has threatened to sue over defamation of character at least a dozen time and if it was made easier to do so all it would be used to do is put more money into the pockets of those with good lawyers.

 

I honestly think the only thing you should have grounds to sue for is people saying crap that isn't true that damages you in some way. Otherwise: suck it up. Not every grievance is a lawsuit.

 

The ONLY thing I feel sorry for Rapp for is people harassing her claiming she had something to do with the censoring of Fire Emblem and Xenoblades Chronicles X because she had nothing to do with either of those things. Other than that, she got fired because she messed up and she can blame other people for "digging up" her screw ups, but she shouldn't have posted them on a Twitter that she uses for work in the first place.

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It is possible that some Gamergate supporters may have exposed this information, but with how fast information comes out it is difficult to tell whether that was before or after she was fired. If it was after than it indeed was justified because it was exposing a con artist. Unfortunetely getting people fired that you don't like is something that is becoming increasingly commonplace and though I expect it from SJW's as it is one of the many dirty tricks they pull, but hope that anti SJW's don't make a habit out of it.  I do think that the laws regarding slander, libel and defamation should be updated to more effectively cover things like this because I really don't want it becoming more common than it already is.

 

I'm sure it was and it was done well before her getting fired. There were videos on her before that, a month in advance when she was complaining about harassment and white supremacists on her feed. Still, it is rather ironic that Anti-SJWs are acting just like SJWs by firing people where their opinions were a part of the reason.

 

Well at the end of the day, she shouldn't have been harassed yes, but she lost her job because of herself. The fact that she couldn't own up to that and tried to more or less blame something else is kind of pathetic. Like we are slowly entering a world where it will be next to impossible for an employer to fire someone for legitimate reasons because they can make up any number of bogus claims to keep themselves from being fired. I have a feeling that Nintendo predicted she'd react like this or similar to this due to her posting very SJW-y stuff before. So they kind of were trying to avoid this but finally decided "fuck it" and didn't want to deal with it anymore.

 

I agree, she shot herself in the foot and some people showed her the exit, even if it was through dirty means. Blaming GG for her problems is incredibly immature on her behalf, though.

 

 

The problem is though: that the information was there to be exposed. You can't blame someone else for telling on you for doing something you're not supposed to when you were doing it in the first place. Most of the "dirt" that was dug up on her was on her Twitter that she used for work which is like... Hiding the bad stuff you're not supposed to do right in the office. She's to blame for her own downfall.

 

Sure, but it just feels kind of wrong because I think some of her pedophilia and child pornography stuff influenced it a lot. I just don't really like the idea of firing someone because of their opinion, generally speaking.

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More info incoming as well. Supposedly she is asking for Patreon money and people are suddenly asking where they can send support, so perhaps that was the agenda here. I mean let's face it: SJWs are notorious for throwing their money at causes and asking questions later. Many people have been ripped off by fake stories and false "social justice causes" that they fell for because they refused to be skeptical when there was evidence to suggest they should be.

 

I also find it interesting that she is claiming she was wrongfully terminated and yet... No lawsuit. She seems to act like she has a pretty open and shut case and yet... No lawsuit. Why?

 

 

 

 

She made some unwise decisions when working for such a big company that relies on good PR. That's really what this was.

 

 

 

 

Really though with all that has come up about Rapp... I think she got off relatively easy. I mean remember we had guys who were basically bared from working in the industry for far lessor issues. Hell remember the two guys who made a dick joke around a feminist blogger who weren't even talking to her that lost their jobs? I'd say given all the evidence that has already surfaced, I think Nintendo just got tired of giving her chances, which I don't blame them for. 

 

UPDATE 3: It has been stated that she was complaining about Nintendo trying to enforce a professional look on her. They advised her against another piercing and tattoo and she did it anyways. She apparently has gone on record to publicly disagree with Nintendo's policies which is very unprofessional. While I think it's bullcrap that jobs can fire you over your tattoos and piercings, publicly complaining about a company when you work in PR is not professional. Also supposedly her second job had something to do with modeling which is a bad move. When you're PR, you get a lot of face time, so a bad second job would be anything that has a lot of face time... Modeling being one of them. 

 

https://archive.is/3s3ZY

 

It's implied that the photos are somewhat suggestive which does not align with Nintendo's family-friendly values.

 

Yeah I am now like 80/20

 

UPDATE 4: Sweet mother of god, this is insane. The more I look, the more I find.

 

This tops the cake for me. She apparently had an amazon wishlist and would encourage people to buy her lingerie which she would take photos of and share on her Twitter which she used for company purposes. I mean it's bad enough that is unprofessional, but on a more personal note, I find it to be very materialistic and snobby. You work for a fortune 500 company probably making pretty great money and you ask people to buy you free lingerie. Like it's so obvious she was just taking advantage of a lot of lonely men for free stuff. What's more unprofessional is how she whined when called out on it:

 

https://twitter.com/alisonrapp/status/678054443590418432

 

I am not 99% confident she is full of crap and that Nintendo had plenty of good reason to fire her.

AND LO AND BEHOLD, THE TRUTH COMES OUT!

 

Btw, those things were censored because of feminist whining. Gamergate is a backlash against the feminazi control getting so bad, those "Gamers are dead" articles were published.

 

Edit: And would it matter if this true information WAS leaked by Gamergate supporters? Why do so many people think something will become more true and good, or less true and good, just because of who says it? If freaking hitler came back as a zombie and started exposing governmental corruption, it wouldn't mean the corruption suddenly doesn't exist because zombie-hitler said it does.

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Sure, but it just feels kind of wrong because I think some of her pedophilia and child pornography stuff influenced it a lot. I just don't really like the idea of firing someone because of their opinion, generally speaking.

 

From what I can tell, none of that was used to fire her. HOWEVER I will say that some jobs will require you to censor your opinion even outside of work. It's a PR job, so you have to watch yourself even outside of work. If she could not handle that kind of commitment, she should have declined the job and picked a different job. I can't go home and post on my Facebook how much I hate the company I work for (mostly because I don't they freakin' rock), I'd get fired for my opinion on the matter. Whether we like it or not, depending on your job, your behavior outside of work will be mandated. If you can't handle that, choose a different job.

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From what I can tell, none of that was used to fire her. HOWEVER I will say that some jobs will require you to censor your opinion even outside of work. It's a PR job, so you have to watch yourself even outside of work. If she could not handle that kind of commitment, she should have declined the job and picked a different job. I can't go home and post on my Facebook how much I hate the company I work for (mostly because I don't they freakin' rock), I'd get fired for my opinion on the matter. Whether we like it or not, depending on your job, your behavior outside of work will be mandated. If you can't handle that, choose a different job.

 

I hope so, but it's too tempting to think that it played a big role.

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I hope so, but it's too tempting to think that it played a big role.

Given that the paper was written so long ago, I doubt it.

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I wouldn't say that people being able to get someone fired are the problem

Actually it is, in this case we clearly have someone who was fired for other reasons and quite deservedly so. But Gernia did make a good point as to how easy it is in other cases for people to dig up some dirt on someone they don't like and get them fired. A point which may not be applicable in this case but one that no doubt may be in future cases. 

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Actually it is, in this case we clearly have someone who was fired for other reasons and quite deservedly so. But Gernia did make a good point as to how easy it is in other cases for people to dig up some dirt on someone they don't like and get them fired. A point which may not be applicable in this case but one that no doubt may be in future cases. 

True, but 9/10 if the evidence didn't exist in the first place you'd be safe. Also there really is no way to stop such a thing.

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According to this, it does give more legitimacy to Nintendo's reasoning to firing her. She definitely broke rules 4 and 5 with her other business. It can be argued that she broke all the rules listed here too. Either way, I can definitly see and agree with Nintendo's decision based on Allison's actions.

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I don't which side to believe in this honestly...

If Nintendo really did give into that pressure and didn't have any other good reason then I wouldn't know what to believe anymore.

I do however feel very bad for her for all that she went through. Gamergate is just not cool.

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