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I gave Alyssa Mercante the benefit of the doubt — and it blew up in my face. If you’re following the Smash lawsuit or curious about the real story behind Alyssa’s latest meltdown, this video is a MUST WATCH.
From a polite DM request to a total unhinged meltdown, I break down exactly how Alyssa weaponizes empathy, controls the narrative, and tries to silence anyone who won’t play by her rules. This isn’t just Smash drama — it’s a lesson on toxic behavior, power plays, and why you should never trust the public image at face value.
🔍 What you’ll learn:
The real reason Alyssa targeted me to remove my tweet
How she flips on people who show kindness
Why her “traumatized victim” act doesn’t add up
What this means for the Smash community and the lawsuit drama
And the biggest lesson about dealing with people who want power, not peace
If you’ve been confused by the back-and-forth in the Smash scene or wondering who to believe — this video clears it up.
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You ever try to show empathy to somebody
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just just a little bit only to have it
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blow up in your face like you handed a
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toddler a grenade? Well, that was me
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this week with Alyssa Marante,
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everybody's favorite former Kotaku
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senior editor. And let me just say,
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never again. If you're following the
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Smash JT lawsuit that she filed and
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still think that she's the calm,
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rational party, buckle up because you
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need to hear this. So, here's what
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happened. I made a response to a tweet
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that somebody was posting saying that
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Smash JT doxed Alysa Mercante through
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her Kiwi Farms page and I said that page
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didn't appear to have her docs anymore.
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Simple correction, no malice. But then
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out of nowhere, like clockwork, she
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unblocks me again just to DM me. And in
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these DMs, she asked me to take the
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tweet down and I did. Not because I
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agreed with her. Let's get that clear.
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Not because I was scared. Let's get that
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double clear. I took it down because she
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asked politely and it involved her
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parents. And I thought, "Okay, let me be
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a decent human being. Let me show a
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little empathy here." Big mistake.
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Here's the DM that she sent me last
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night saying, "This is a lie. It linked
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to my tweet, which is now deleted." She
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said that she is trying not to draw a
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ton of attention to it as it still has
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the docs of her parents and others on
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there literally right now. Please do not
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bring more attention to that. Delete the
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tweet. And I was like, you know what? I
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guess it was late night. I felt a little
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bit of empathy. I felt sad for her. I
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was like, you know what? I'm going to go
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ahead and just take it down. Maybe maybe
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just in this instance, we could just
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have a middle ground. I'll delete it.
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She asked nicely. we move off, right?
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But this is where I make the mistake of
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thinking that somebody like her could
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think logically. Somebody like her could
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act like an adult. So, check my response
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out, which I think was pretty
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professional on my behalf. And I didn't
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even have to give her that. So, my
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response down here says, "If I got
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something wrong, it wasn't on purpose.
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It wasn't It doesn't mean I lied. I saw
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a note about a third party removal and
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based my comment on that. I don't
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support doxing at all. I'll delete the
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tweet because you asked politely and it
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involves your parents. That doesn't mean
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I admit to doing anything wrong. I hope
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you also asked the war gaming guy and
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McDizzle who also brought attention to
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it. Which funny enough, both of those
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individuals actually made tweets
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directing attention and traffic towards
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that Kiwi Farms page. I mean, how does
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that work out? Oh, it's because I'm not
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going against Smash. This is about
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managing optics with her, guys. That's
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exactly what it is. So I said that said
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going forward what I choose to post is
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my choice respectfully because I'm not
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going to have Alyssa Merante demanding
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that I delete stuff that she could
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control me. She does not have leverage
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in this. This was a moment of empathy
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because she brought her family into it
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and I Bethany mistakefully I regret it.
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I never will do it again. She responds
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in the most classy most professional way
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saying oh get off your high horse Eric.
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I asked because my parents and boyfriend
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are doxed. You semi-scentient blob fish.
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Eat [ __ ] This isn't a game. It's
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people's [ __ ] lives. Um, I deleted it
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because you asked politely. I gave you
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what you wanted. I gave you what you
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requested. No problems on it.
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And this is how you respond. And again,
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you give somebody an inch, they will
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take a mile, guys. I knew she was going
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to do this, by the way. Even though a
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small part of me hoped she wouldn't, I
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knew she was going to do this. So, I'm
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going to make content out of it. Tootsz,
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you wanted attention. You got it. And
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then this part is where it gets even
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more deranged, guys. She says, "Also, go
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f yourself one more time for good
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measure. You're so desperate for
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relevance, you'll sell your soul to any
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bidder, not even the highest. You're all
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the first people to screech about
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families, but mine has been doxed for
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nearly a year. And your savior, who only
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became your savior, so you could write
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him like a remora in an attempt to
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increase your audience, has been linking
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to it for months, while you pearl clutch
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over a legal document that we edit his
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address out after he freaked out and
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started wrongfully accusing me of doxing
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him, even though his lawyer never
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requested we do so. Odd if he was so
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concerned. I keep quiet because this is
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very serious, but please know I have
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endless receipts of his aggressive,
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defamatory, harassing, and deceptive
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behavior. You're pathetic, but at least
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you had the decency to remove an untrue
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tweet about my effing docs. Go to AA.
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Classy response. Classy response, right,
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from somebody that's completely normal
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and not unhinged. And then on top of
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that, she had the nerve to link to
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another tweet saying, "Remove this one,
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too." And that's where I put the foot
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down, guys. That's where I'm taking this
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stand. I said, "I knew the second I
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showed empathy, you tried to weaponize
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it, which she absolutely did. I took the
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post down only because you asked
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politely and it involved your parents.
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That was me being decent, not admitting
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guilt, and not giving you control. This
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isn't about harm. It's about you trying
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to manage optics. Funny how you're not
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asking anyone else to take down Kiwi
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Farms mentions. That tells me
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everything. You're also flatout wrong
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about my content. I was doing this
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content shift years before the guy
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you're weirdly obsessed with. He was
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never part of the equation. And you
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calling anyone an alcoholic? Bold move
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considering you're basically a walking
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wine spill. I'm not removing anything
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else. You want it gone, drop the
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lawsuit. Yeah. You want it gone, drop
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the lawsuit against Smash JT. And yeah,
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I focused on Hogwarts Legacy and other
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stuff like that PlayStation PR marketing
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guy that was in cahoots with you a
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couple years ago trying to cancel RGT85.
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People don't talk about that story
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enough. That was long before Smash JT
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was involved. Anyway, she has the
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classiest response right here. Uh, she
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told me, "Eat her ass, pussy."
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H interesting. And then she said, "I did
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ask people to take them down. You're
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just effing stupid." And once again,
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knee-jerk reacting rather than doing due
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diligence. Um, your whole response to
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these DMs, girl, is a knee-jerk
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reaction. A knee-jerk reaction from you.
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Nobody takes you seriously. That's why
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you don't have a job in the industry
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anymore. I'm sorry. It's It's you.
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You've laid your bed in it. And again,
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she says, "I look forward to my day in
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court. Maybe you'll be there." Oh, I was
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already planning on showing up if it
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goes this far because I can't miss the
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[ __ ] show. And then she calls me ugly
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ass [ __ ] I've never gotten drunk on
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live stream and pissed myself. So
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there's that. No, but you wrote an
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article saying that you were at a bar
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and you slept with a guy because he said
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Shakiro is fat. So yeah, last night she
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was in my DMs. I complied. I showed
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empathy. And then the next morning she
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responds in the most unhinged way
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possible. Absolutely unprovoked meltdown
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in my DMs. Like I I wasn't even talking
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to her anymore. She just couldn't help
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herself. She took that inch I gave her
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and tried to take a mile out of it.
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Accused me of all sorts of things. Made
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personal jabs. And this part's
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hilarious, guys. Called me an alcoholic,
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which is rich coming from somebody who
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practically sweats spritz. Like, she
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literally had like go to her page and
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look at how many times she has a spritz.
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Uh she probably smells like boxed wine
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and bad decisions, honestly. And the
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best part, like I said, you don't see
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her melting down asking anyone else to
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take down post mentioned in Kiwi Farms,
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just mine. Because this isn't about
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protecting her family, guys. This is
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about control. It's about silencing
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people selectively while pretending to
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be the victim. If it's not painting
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Smash JT as the bad guy, she doesn't
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want it up. Now, if you're somebody
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who's been following Alyssa because of
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the lawsuit that she filed against the
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Smash JT situation with what's going on
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with their videos, maybe you thought she
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was standing up for something, right?
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Maybe maybe you believe that she was
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acting in good faith, but this is how
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she operates behind the scenes, guys.
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This is how she acts. She DMs people
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privately to demand things. She
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weaponizes empathy when it suits her.
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And she flips on a dime when she doesn't
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get total control. And that's not how
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adults handle things. That's not how
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professionals act during a lawsuit.
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That's not how somebody that's
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supposedly traumatized engages with
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people that are trying to deescalate a
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situation. I took down the post. I was
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trying to deescalate it. And that's how
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she gets. I learned a lesson here, guys.
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And maybe it's one that some of you need
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to hear, too. Stop giving these people
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the benefit of a doubt because when
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somebody shows you who they are, you
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need to believe it. Okay? This is her.
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This is Alyssa Merante. This is why you
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don't negotiate with people who want
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power,
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not peace, right? She doesn't want
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peace. She doesn't want people to get
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along without that struggle, without her
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being a victim. She doesn't have her
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book that she's writing. She doesn't
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have her Patreon. She doesn't have her
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articles on all the websites that she
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writes for. She made her own bed with
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Smash JT and now she wants everybody
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else to lie in it with her, right? To
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lie with the fleas. So for those of you
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who think that she's still fighting the
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good fight, ask yourself, is this the
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kind of person who deserves your support
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or are you just afraid of being her next
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target? I think a lot of you are afraid,
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right? Anyways, thanks for watching.
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Stay sharp. Don't get guilted into
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submission. Always remember, empathy is
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a two-way street. If somebody drives
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over you the second that you show it,
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they were never worth it to begin with.
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While she's throwing tantrums in the DM,
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so I'm done. Okay. No more deleting. No
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more being the bigger person. If you
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want anything else removed, Alyssa
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Mercante, drop the lawsuit.