Cards Against Humanity to buy border land/hire legal team to block US border wall

[johnhoftb]

https://www.avclub.com/cards-against...1820449747/amp

https://www.cardsagainsthumanitysavesamerica.com/

As our nation stumbles ever closer to the brink of a war launched via tweet from a man who can’t locate the target country on a map, Americans are turning to one another and saying, “What can I do?”

Unless you’re a high-level executive at Twitter who can delete President Trump’s account (and if you are, for the love of God, please contact The A.V. Club, we have some questions for you), the answer is, “Not much.” But when it comes to building a gigantic border wall, Trump’s second-worst idea (running neck and neck with roughly every other idea he’s had in the past couple years), there’s an opportunity to put your money where his insipid architectural plan is. Cards Against Humanity has announced a holiday promotion, “Cards Against Humanity Saves America,” designed to throw a giant geographical wrench in the works of the border wall. We’ll let the company explain it:

Donald Trump is a preposterous golem who is afraid of Mexicans. 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. On Day 1, all Cards Against Humanity Saves America recipients will get an illustrated map of the land, a certificate of our promise to fight the wall, some new cards, and a few other surprises.

Yes, for just $15, you can contribute to a small section of land that will stand in between Donald Trump and his dream of a tall—just huge really, the absolute tallest, everybody agrees—border wall symbolically flipping the bird to our neighbors to the south, with extra emphasis on “symbolic,” given the projected efficacy of this wall at its intended goal. In exchange, over the course of December, the company will send you six surprises in the mail. Is this a business marketing strategy? Absolutely. Is it working? We’re writing about it, aren’t we? Does none of that really matter because it’s an excellent idea? Hell, we’ll even make an official endorsement of the promotion.

No word yet on the location of the plot of land, but we should know soon enough. In the meantime, don’t worry, everyone who thinks Cards Against Humanity is trying to somehow be politically correct. As the company itself says, “We’re just being regular correct.”

Looks like it's sold out at the moment though, if you wanted to get in on it.

[Blueobelisk]

Lawyers can't really stop eminent domain, so they're wasting their money, but k.

[PACOX]

Forcing a court battle should the wall even go up and have to go through their land.

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Lawyers can't really stop eminent domain, so they're wasting their money, but k.

the point is to tie it up in court

[The Penguin]

Removed because the Forum was moved to one showcasing a specific mod who cannot be trusted to be unbiased.

Original statement was quoted, still stand by it.

[Torgent]

Anyone opposing the border wall is a traitor.
Anyone opposing Voter ID Laws is a traitor.

There I said it.

Anyone saying this is a Tro......uhhh. Trouble maker.

[kail]

Anyone opposing the border wall is a traitor.
Anyone opposing Voter ID Laws is a traitor.

There I said it.

Well thankfully no one get's tried as a traitor for some simple opinions.

[draynay]

Anyone opposing the border wall is a traitor.
Anyone opposing Voter ID Laws is a traitor.

There I said it.

How bold.

[kasuke06]

Forcing a court battle should the wall even go up and have to go through their land.

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the point is to tie it up in court

except that all the gov't has to do is say "we need that land." boom. case over. this will be even less productive than digging that big ass hole in the ground.

[Orbitus]

except that all the gov't has to do is say "we need that land." boom. case over. this will be even less productive than digging that big ass hole in the ground.

Not when the courts are the final say. There has been eminent domain overturned before.

[kasuke06]

Not when the courts are the final say. There has been eminent domain overturned before.

and you really think a game company that's extremely well known for pulling dumb stunts will win that.

[Floofi]

People are just pissing away their money

They tend to do that a lot, like the time they raised $100,000 to dig a hole, or allowed their customers to buy nothing from them for $5.

[Cthulhu 2020]

Wow, I used to print out my own cards against humanity cards, but knowing this, I just went on amazon and bought over 10 different CAH packs.

Love to support amazing companies.

https://www.amazon.com/Cards-Against.../dp/B004S8F7QM

For everyone who wants to put their money towards a good cause.

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Removed because the Forum was moved to one showcasing a specific mod who cannot be trusted to be unbiased.

Original statement was quoted, still stand by it.

Muh victim complex, muh victim complex! I can't own up to my own mistakes when I break the forum rules!

[Vampyrr]

Removed because the Forum was moved to one showcasing a specific mod who cannot be trusted to be unbiased.

Original statement was quoted, still stand by it.

I mean you did say it, doesn't make it true though. Opposing a giant ass border wall does not mean you are betraying your country in any way shape or form

[Cthulhu 2020]

They tend to do that a lot, like the time they raised $100,000 to dig a hole, or allowed their customers to buy nothing from them for $5.

I mean, those were charity events, but ok, you can leave that part out to make it seem shitty.

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We've also known this for awhile, but I find it funny that "PC culture" has flipped, and it's now conservatives that are easily offended by everything.

CAH is a game about being as politically incorrect and offensive as possible for the lulz.

The above statement was the conservative slogan for like the last decade. Now all the special snowflakes are crying that not everyone is agreeing with their stupid ideas, and getting triggered, and making safe spaces like r/The_Donald where they ban anyone who disagrees with them.

They've also now taken over identity politics. "MUH WHITE PERSECUTION!"

But we all knew they were massive hypocrites.

[PACOX]

except that all the gov't has to do is say "we need that land." boom. case over. this will be even less productive than digging that big ass hole in the ground.

uh no, some people within the courts still respect due process. the state still might win but not without going through the necessary processes and procedures, including addressing a petition made by the owner of the land.

[Cthulhu 2020]

uh no, some people within the courts still respect due process. the state still might win but not without going through the necessary processes and procedures, including addressing a petition made my the owner of the land.

That and the state has to give them fair compensation for the land, so they'll get their money back and maybe a bit extra, since US eminent domain is kind of fucky like that. Especially if CAH can prove that the land is valuable for its resources.

So everyone who's saying this is a "waste of money" isn't very bright.

[PACOX]

I mean, those were charity events, but ok, you can leave that part out to make it seem shitty.

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We've also known this for awhile, but I find it funny that "PC culture" has flipped, and it's now conservatives that are easily offended by everything.

CAH is a game about being as politically incorrect and offensive as possible for the lulz.

The above statement was the conservative slogan for like the last decade. Now all the special snowflakes are crying that not everyone is agreeing with their stupid ideas, and getting triggered, and making safe spaces like r/The_Donald where they ban anyone who disagrees with them.

They've also now taken over identity politics. "MUH WHITE PERSECUTION!"

But we all knew they were massive hypocrites.

no, you see its different because we're complaining about the complainers

/s

[Arvei]

Do they even have funding for the wall?

Also, lol @ the snowflake calling people traitors for being against an useless wall.

[Cthulhu 2020]

Also, if enough people and companies start getting in on buying border property, the US govt is going to have a lot of eminent domain fights on their hands. Those take time, and lawyers. The more people who do this, the longer the wall is going to take to get built, and the more expensive the final price tag will be - because lawyers and court room time aren't free.

To top it off, most Republican lawmakers (MUH ESTABLUSHMENT) have thus far been quietly opposed to a giant, expensive, useless wall, so it's probably not even going to happen anyway, but if it does, it's going to get dragged out over a long period of time, and in 3 years when Trump is gone, if an order for a wall IS passed during that time, the next president will just void it and laugh at Trump.

[kasuke06]

That and the state has to give them fair compensation for the land, so they'll get their money back and maybe a bit extra, since US eminent domain is kind of fucky like that. Especially if CAH can prove that the land is valuable for its resources.

So everyone who's saying this is a "waste of money" isn't very bright.

It's a barren stretch of desert covered in trash in some portions. Sounds like they'll be getting top dollar. /s