Controversial Nintendo employee Alison Rapp has been fired due to her arguably sick past…
From her own Twitter feed…
MORE BUTTHURT ROLLING IN…
.@NintendoAmerica letting Alison Rapp go is despicable, cowardly behavior. You're supposed to better than this. For shame.
— Like Kurosawa, I Make Mad (@the_moviebob) March 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/Doctor_Cupcakes/status/715288874814144513
Gamergate blamed Alison Rapp for censorship and wanted to get her fired for it… Surely they realize things will still get censored.
— Squirrel Emperor (@SquirrelEmperor) March 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/Model_Omega/status/715293322563031040
https://twitter.com/m_m_myers/status/715288706991546368?
make no mistake: @NintendoAmerica just legitimized the crowdsourced, politically motivated life-ruination campaigns aimed at women in games
— Sarah Nyberg (@srhbutts) March 30, 2016
absolutely infuriating "games culture" is going to care more about overwatch butt shot being changed than campaigns to destroy women's lives
— Sarah Nyberg (@srhbutts) March 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/alisonrapp/status/715307463155720197
I'm heads down in crunch right now and I don't know what I can say that I haven't said already. Just sad and tired.
— zoë “Mr. Wordlewide” quinn (@UnburntWitch) March 30, 2016
Please look out for each other today. I'm disconnecting cause I can't keep reliving this shit and be productive and I can't be the only one
— zoë “Mr. Wordlewide” quinn (@UnburntWitch) March 30, 2016
@TheRalphRetort Leigh The Lush has thoughts: pic.twitter.com/EBc8nsQULQ
— Robert T (@Robert___T) March 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/715305655637151745
https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/715309447619293184
https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/715310311260037121
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.
Lastly, how is that I'm the only reporter who wrote about Alison Rapp and the attempts to assassinate her character? The media ignored this.
— Patrick Klepek (@patrickklepek) March 30, 2016
Between @Nintendo letting go Alison Rapp after GamerGate hate and Trump's comments for abortion punishment, today's a bad day to be a woman.
— Terri Schwartz (@Terri_Schwartz) March 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/_anthonyburch/status/715296231073796096
UPDATE: A 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
https://twitter.com/alisonrapp/status/715361964810043392
https://twitter.com/alisonrapp/status/715362124575277057
https://twitter.com/alisonrapp/status/715362187468939264
https://twitter.com/alisonrapp/status/715362355211673600
https://twitter.com/alisonrapp/status/715362489441984512
https://twitter.com/alisonrapp/status/715362564167733248
https://twitter.com/alisonrapp/status/715362657914585090
https://twitter.com/alisonrapp/status/715362765326553088
https://twitter.com/alisonrapp/status/715362877033488386
https://twitter.com/alisonrapp/status/715362912416600065
https://twitter.com/alisonrapp/status/715362963616456704
https://twitter.com/alisonrapp/status/715363148178411521
https://twitter.com/alisonrapp/status/715363276163420160
https://twitter.com/alisonrapp/status/715363471383093248
