UNIR distances itself from alleged lecturer who insulted content creator

The alleged lecturer who insulted a video game creator, under scrutiny

A dispute over video games led to a private university receiving a series of complaints. An account identified as Carlos Rodrigo, publicly presented as a professor at the International University of La Rioja (UNIR), responded to a content creator with an outburst questioning her knowledge of the medium, her age, and her appearance, calling her a “bitch.” The affected party herself circulated the message, and the case escalated to the institution. UNIR later responded on its account stating it has no record that this person is its employee.

What UNIR has said and what the complaint campaign demands

The university countered that he might be a collaborator and asked for clarification regarding the title of his teaching position. Meanwhile, pressure was organized through three phone numbers and two institutional mailboxes to channel complaints, including those from the university ombudsman. The mechanism is well-known: what begins as a clash between two accounts ends with an employer responding to the behavior of someone who, according to their own statement, may not even be on staff.

Insult, professional consequences, and freedom of expression

The disagreement is absolute. One current holds that a lecturer cannot afford such language and that accepting the cost—including professional consequences—is part of exercising freedom of expression. Conversely, another reading warns of the opposite effect: if every viral outburst becomes a hunt with job loss as the target, the result is not greater civility but self-censorship. Between these extremes, several testimonies recall that much of the complaints landed with an institution that denies any professional relationship with the individual, and that formal complaint procedures belong to a court, in their case.

Why the case ends up in the institutional arena

That is the detail that orders everything: the controversy centers on a job, not the video. Identifying oneself publicly with a university turns a personal message into a brand problem for the institution, and the first reflection of the employer—or purported employer—is distance. That calculation explains UNIR's response much better than any discussion about video games: in a competitive private sector, nobody wants to be antiestéticatured in headlines regarding someone else's insult.

The matter remains there for now. There is no record of dismissal, no disciplinary file, no complaint filed. And the irony is that all the friction revolves around a Pokémon game, as some collected comments noted: a video where, according to the affected party herself, she wasn't even present.