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> I DON’T LIKE THAT YOU’RE GETTING POLITICAL. WHY DON’T YOU JUST STICK TO CARD GAMES? Why don’t you stick to seeing how many Hot Wheels cars you can fit up your asshole?

This comment in the FAQ just made my day

Sorry, but I have to say that it's truly amazing to me how the left never gets called out on their arrogance and blatant elitism (which is palmed off as mere humor). Make a joke about social class from the right and you're named, shamed, and run out of town with torches and pitchforks.

(This is not a reply to the above commenter, just about the FAQ entry itself).

Examples?

What does shoving Hot Wheels up your bum have to do with social class?

Nothing really. He is offended by that FAQ, obviously the game isn't for him.

Are you referring to me being offended - not in the least. I found it really funny and thats how it made my day.

I'm pretty sure he/she was talking about me. :-)

Arrogance and crude humor are intrinsically, by its very definition, "offensive".

Dumb marketing strategy that is working. Funneling tax payer money into that hands of lawyers. Good work.

I never thought of it that way before. This whole time the border wall was really just a branding statement. Thank you for enlightening us.

If my experience in highway infrastructure is any guide, this is mostly futile. If they really want to slow it down, start with an environmental impact study. The best thing about it is the government has to pay for it and they are very subjective.

You can make a project take twice as long.

> If they really want to slow it down, start with an environmental impact study.

People who care about the environment should care that environmental impact studies are what they claim to be and not red tape bombs. People are supposed to be concerned about the outcome of them, not using them as a means to an unrelated end.

No one monetizes your hate better than these guys, the DCCC could learn a thing or two from them.

good luck with that and Eminent Domain.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminent_domain

I don't think they've said that they'd do this, but in the past they bought an island and gave everyone a square foot or so of it. Presumably they'll try to subdivide and distribute this land to turn 1 eminent domain case into tens of thousands.

Yep. I’m a happy owner. Maybe one day I’ll visit my square foot.

I assume the government would just have the judge bundle all the cases together. It’s a pretty obvious ploy and it seems like making the government litigate it 1000x would be unnecessarily burdensome.

Wouldn’t their cases probably end up along with all the other cases you’d see from other ‘real’ landowners?

And considering the current administration has already started the process for ranches along the border. I can't see how this isn't a waste of time and money.

Maybe you don't know but we are talking about a company that once raised $100k to dig a hole for no reason.

That was last years campaign.... Whatever they do it can't be more wasteful than last years.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/28/cards-aga...

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Oh I remember that - as really amusing to watch. With that, you kinda knew exactly what you were getting. With the wall deal they're making it sound like its a foolproof plan and as news reports are showing, people are buying it. If anything they're just going to waste taxpayer money

Their goal is to drag out the process of eminent domain as long as possible.

Their goal is to sell more Cards Against Humanity games

They are also retaining a law firm that specializes in eminent domain cases. Eminent domain doesn't mean the government could do whatever he wants. You are still entitled to due process. They explain it in a very clear way:

> So we’ve purchased a plot of vacant land on the border and retained a law firm specializing in eminent domain to make it as time-consuming and expensive as possible for the wall to get built.

Also, CAH founder has said in interviews in the past that:

> What I see getting results are back-to-basics material engagement with politics, like showing up at a Congress member’s office, calling, going to a protest. I think that’s more valuable than all of our clever liberal comedy right now. [0]

This is their way to give Americans a way to do an action with political weight and to funnel their marketing/comedic abilities into political action.

Will it stop the wall? No. Will it slow it down and make it a pain for the Trump administration? Yes. This is the equivalent of filibustering for normal citizens. Is it a way to do a political action? Yes

[0] https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/2/9/14532050/cards-against-...

This details of something so trivial are likely far beneath a presidential administration. I have a lot of doubt this is anything more than marketing.

i'm sure that bundy supporters[0] will show up for an armed standoff for this as well

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundy_standoff

>He is so afraid that he wants to build a twenty-billion dollar wall that everyone knows will accomplish nothing. So we’ve purchased a plot of vacant land on the border and retained a law firm specializing in eminent domain to make it as time-consuming and expensive as possible for the wall to get built.

So they are protesting the cost by making it costlier, got it.

No, they're protesting the ridiculousness of the wall by delaying it's construction indefinitely.

>Company known for dumb publicity stunts starts a new dumb publicity stunt

In other news, sun rises in east, sets in west.

The founder of this company is also facing rape charges, as a side note.

These accusations (not charges) came out in 2014 and don't seem to have gone anywhere. Little mention of it since then, and no evidence presented that I can find.

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