Controversial Nintendo employee Alison Rapp has been fired due to her arguably sick past…

From her own Twitter feed…

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Kotaku is going all-in with the Rapp defense

We don’t know the full details of what happened, or what the conversations were like between Rapp and Nintendo. It’s possible that Nintendo truly was uncomfortable with Rapp’s college essay, despite it being publicly linked on her Linkedin page, and decided to part ways with her.

But we do know this: Nintendo was publicly silent while one of their employees was harassed and smeared online over something she did not do. That’s a fact. It’s not in dispute. Nintendo watched Rapp become the center of a witch hunt and did nothing publicly to defend her. Despite my requests for comment, the company said nothing. As it turns out, maybe that silence said everything.

The response to Rapp’s firing has been swift, vocal, and mostly negative, even in places normally hostile to outspoken individuals like Rapp. “Nintendo is in the wrong for firing her,” said a poster on the GG-friendly subreddit Kotaku in Action. “Good job guys you fired a person who literally did nothing wrong,” said another on 4chan. (Other posters in both threads celebrated Rapp’s firing, of course.) The Nintendo of America Twitter feed is being deluged with people protesting and condemning the decision, and one indie developer even says he cancelled a game planned for Wii U.

Lol, some KotakuInAction cucks are defending Rapp as well. I wish I could say I was surprised.

https://twitter.com/_anthonyburch/status/715296231073796096

UPDATE:Mashable report says Rapp was fired because of a second job she held, and not because of past positions. It sounds unlikely, but that’s apparently the Nintendo line…

Nintendo of America provided the below statement to Mashable.

Alison Rapp was terminated due to violation of an internal company policy involving holding a second job in conflict with Nintendo’s corporate culture. Though Ms. Rapp’s termination follows her being the subject of criticism from certain groups via social media several weeks ago, the two are absolutely not related. Nintendo is a company committed to fostering inclusion and diversity in both our company and the broader video game industry and we firmly reject the harassment of individuals based on gender, race or personal beliefs. We wish Ms. Rapp well in her future endeavors.

https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/715355921547796480

 

MORE FROM RAPP HERSELF:

https://twitter.com/alisonrapp/status/715361809734062080

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