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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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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.
