Alison Rapp fired by Nintendo

[Gandrake]

people are always quick to jump on people who would have sex with someone thats like 15 when they've never been offered sex by someone that's 15 and they would have probably had sex with them if it wasn't illegal

like honestly just think about it lol one night you got into it with a girl who was one month from being 18 then you get charged with statutory rape and your life is ruined over the difference of a month. because you fucked a fully developed girl who was really horny and has daddy fantasies. ridiculous.

I honestly feel like 13 is too young for anyone outside of a greater 4 year age difference to be hitting but a lot of people demonize having a younger (and sometimes an older) sex partner just because of ultra conservative christianity.

[Notshauna]

I gotta say, her tweets are really out there. Its surprising that Nintendo has a problem with her being a cam model, but Not the tweets about her advocating for child porn legalization.

They likely fired her for both. They probably weren't aware of either and when someone started up a stink she was let go before it damages the image of Nintendo.

Though I don't understand why this thread really exists, a company found out a spokesperson didn't meet their beliefs as to proper conduct for one, so they let them go. Regardless of my opinions on the subject matter (and I am inclined to agree with her on most matters) my feelings are no different than when Manny Pacquiao was fired for homophobia (something I highly disagree with).

[Self Inflicted Wounds]

They likely fired her for both. They probably weren't aware of either and when someone started up a stink she was let go before it damages the image of Nintendo.

Though I don't understand why this thread really exists,

I'd say because someone thought it to be interesting, for various reasons. (She blamed gamergate, for one)

[Indigenously Abled]

Though I don't understand why this thread really exists.

The same reason it's being reported on major news outlets.

People give a shit about stuff sometimes.

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I'd say because someone thought it to be interesting, for various reasons. (She blamed gamergate, for one)

General Off-Topic means clearly defined, specific content guidelines are in place, with narrow limits on subject matter.

[Deleted]

OMG a woman having nuanced views?!
Can't have that!


I'd agree her tweets can be a bit hard to read due to the nature of the format and it's compressed size making it hard to be clear what exactly you mean. Of course she isn't advocating for 60 year old men raping 10 year olod girls.
Get a fricking grip!
She's pointing out the craziness of edge cases like 18 year old guys getting slapped with "child molestor" labels and getting their lives ruined because their 17-year old girlfriend's parents don't like him.
The legal slippery slope of letting burglars finger an old pathetic guy for stuff they saw when they BROKE INTO HIS HOUSE! What's next?
"Child Agency" is referring the the reality that under-18 teens actually DO have sex. And ignoring that fact or thinking it can be put to rest with abstinence-only education, is only going to make things worse (and no, I am not suggesting ancient Greek style pederasty to "train" teens either).

[Indigenously Abled]

OMG a woman having nuanced views?!
Can't have that!

I'd disagree with anyone advocating lax laws on "child sexual agency/depictions of 'sexualized' minors."

Why so gender negative?

[Dr Assbandit]

OMG a woman having nuanced views?!
Can't have that!


I'd agree her tweets can be a bit hard to read due to the nature of the format and it's compressed size making it hard to be clear what exactly you mean. Of course she isn't advocating for 60 year old men raping 10 year olod girls.
Get a fricking grip!
She's pointing out the craziness of edge cases like 18 year old guys getting slapped with "child molestor" labels and getting their lives ruined because their 17-year old girlfriend's parents don't like him.
The legal slippery slope of letting burglars finger an old pathetic guy for stuff they saw when they BROKE INTO HIS HOUSE! What's next?
"Child Agency" is referring the the reality that under-18 teens actually DO have sex. And ignoring that fact or thinking it can be put to rest with abstinence-only education, is only going to make things worse (and no, I am not suggesting ancient Greek style pederasty to "train" teens either).

Oh please, spare me the gendered victim-hood. I don't disagree with her because she's a woman, I disagree with her because of her rubbish mindset.

I'd consider your apologist excuses on her behalf if I hadn't already gone through the majority of her tweets, including her "thesis". If you honestly have to be this disingenuous when her views are painfully evident of more than what you reduced it to, then there are no words.

[Mormolyce]

Apparently she was actually fired for having a second job, which she admitted, so this entire story is a beat-up. She was clearly targeted for harassment by the usual suspects though:

http://kotaku.com/nintendo-employee-...ver-1768100368
http://www.news.com.au/technology/ho...fbadd29adf490f
http://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/nintend...centre-7464276

P.S. This bit is funny:

Despite heavily retweeting voices of people publicly associated with #GamerGate, Ms Watson claimed to have no involvement with the movement, suggesting she was merely “an advocate that reports all CP and pedo-apologists”.
Neo-Nazi and white supremacist website Daily Stormeralso entered the campaign by describing Ms Rapp as “the next logical step in the liberal march ... toward wherever these women and Jews think it’s marching toward”.
The website even went as far as publishing a comment from infamous jailed hacker Andrew “weev” Auernheimer which contained an extensive list of contact information for Nintendo executives people could contact to ask for her to be fired.
“When you contact these people be very respectful, act as a concerned parent,” he wrote.
“Link to the pro-pedo statements she’s made but obviously don’t link back to DS [Daily Stormer] or she’ll be able to dismiss it as a white supremacist conspiracy.”

I noticed she mentioned it was legal for Japanese to have sex with 13yr olds, was she trying to kiss ass to her masters?.

She works for Nintendo, is passionate about Japanese games and was defending their attitudes to sexualisation of young or pseudo-young characters. So she pointed out that the age of consent is 13 in the country the games come from. I don't know what you don't get about that.

I'm assuming you didn't go through most of her tweets did you?

I did actually. Her opinions are controversial in some Western countries like the US.

I actually agree with her on some of those things. I have more than a few controversial opinions myself

Oh? Such as lowering age of consent, lax pedophilia laws, and or wanting her kids to watch gore as a form of anti censorship protest?

I support lowering the age of consent laws. Definitely in the US, ours is 2 years younger than yours for a start.

Also I have no problem with kids watching some adult content. I think society is overly Victorian.

[Deleted]

I'm getting this slippery slope vibe

After transsexuals, we're trying to work out what the next group to defend is, whose hitherto taboo struggle to highlight and sympathise with

Looks to me like pedophilia has a good chance of falling under the SJW lens as the next group of people who can't change their brain and their identity, and need to be accepted by society and catered for

[Mormolyce]

I gotta say, her tweets are really out there. Its surprising that Nintendo has a problem with her being a cam model, but Not the tweets about her advocating for child porn legalization.

As much as I don't have a problem with her, I can't reasonably object to a company firing someone whose public statements could paint them in a bad light. Considering I've supported that principle in the past.

It sucks that you can get fired from a job for a personal opinion though.

Ultimately I think society's hyper-protective attitudes are the real problem here. The ones she was challenging.

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I'm getting this slippery slope vibe

After transsexuals, we're trying to work out what the next group to defend is, whose hitherto taboo struggle to highlight and sympathise with

Looks to me like pedophilia has a good chance of falling under the SJW lens as the next group of people who can't change their brain and their identity, and need to be accepted by society and catered for

An endangered group of people shunned by society?

Maybe the next group liberals will start defending is conservatives.

[Dr Assbandit]

I'm getting this slippery slope vibe

After transsexuals, we're trying to work out what the next group to defend is, whose hitherto taboo struggle to highlight and sympathise with

Looks to me like pedophilia has a good chance of falling under the SJW lens as the next group of people who can't change their brain and their identity, and need to be accepted by society and catered for

I doubt it, as it often comes down to whether someone is getting hurt in the process and this is what bothers me about pedophilia, how it can absolutely fuck you up mentally as a child if you're on the receiving end of it, as I have been more than a few times.

Making incest legal seems to be a topic that I've seen springing up though.

[Dren The Black]

Its funny that so many people are are jumping out of the woodwork to condemn gamergate and support her. They're claiming she was fired because of a "smear campaign", but is it really smearing someone to point out EXACTLY what she has done in the past? I don't think so. The guy from Mozilla was fired because he donated to a anti gay marriage political campaign years and years before people decided to throw a fit about it.

"What's good for the goose is good for the gander."

[Mormolyce]

You expect someone to spend 2 minutes researching before forming an opinion?

That's like, difficult though.

You know, not only did I read those tweets, I read articles from outside the GG circlejerk. They paint a very different story lol.

[Dr Assbandit]

As much as I don't have a problem with her, I can't reasonably object to a company firing someone whose public statements could paint them in a bad light. Considering I've supported that principle in the past.

It sucks that you can get fired from a job for a personal opinion though.

Ultimately I think society's hyper-protective attitudes are the real problem here. The ones she was challenging.

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An endangered group of people shunned by society?

Maybe the next group liberals will start defending is conservatives.

I'm of the opinion that personal opinions if not outright advocating harm on others, should not be a cause for getting fired. But let's face it, she is a colossal idiot. She posted some of that shite on her company twitter, I mean I can't even....

Oh and it honestly seems like she was trying hard to be on the receiving end of hate from GG'ers so she could join the SJW cool kids club with Ms. Sarkeesian and the rest.

[Mormolyce]

I doubt it, as it often comes down to whether someone is getting hurt in the process and this is what bothers me about pedophilia, how it can absolutely fuck you up mentally as a child if you're on the receiving end of it, as I have been more than a few times.

Making incest legal seems to be a topic that I've seen springing up though.

Adult incest.

I honestly can't see any legitimate interest the state has in regulating that. It's just another "ew gross" law.

[tankbug]

Yeah, GG guys are very concerned with her defense of the sexualization of minors in Japan. Haha, if anything they support it. Fan service wanking scum...

[Orby]

They are decent if you like Mario and Pokemon

and Zelda, and Starfox and Metroid

[Dr Assbandit]

Adult incest.

I honestly can't see any legitimate interest the state has in regulating that. It's just another "ew gross" law.

Pretty much. I mean a lot of people find gay sex horrifying, but hey if they can tolerate it then I can tolerate what two adults do in their bedroom, no matter how distasteful I find it.

[Mormolyce]

well Australian Media is considering her a "victim"

Most of the mainstream media portrays all "GamerGate" activity this way.

They have only themselves to blame, frankly. Idiots.

[Dr Assbandit]

and Zelda, and Starfox and Metroid

Wasn't the last actual Metroid game on the gamecube?