This is the Pinkerton x WotC collab we really need. 😏

I think the reason to focus on the Pinkerton name is that it kind of underlines the lie that Wizards is telling by saying that they didn’t expect this outcome.

idk, the pinkerton name feels extremely relevant given the wizards claim that “under no circumstances would we instruct any employee or contracted agency to intimidate an individual.”

It’s almost exclusively due to how notorious the Pinkerton’s are in American history, and how generally ruthless they’ve been even recently when it comes to situations like this. It’s one of those “holy shit, y’all really DID pick the absolute WORST possible entity to help “resolve” this issue” kind of thing. That’s…

I think the brand name is important, because of the historical associations with Pinkertons. If you hire the literal Pinkertons, who identify themselves to people as such, you know exactly the historical connotations of intimidation and underhanded violence/hired thuggery that entails, and choosing to use them over…

“Goons” is way too soft. It’s a quaint, old-timey term that almost sounds affectionate - like they’re a bunch of cartoon mobsters chasing Batman.

Anyone who knows the history of the Pinkertons knows that “goons” is a valid description.

You don’t see a problem with sending goons over to some dude’s house over a bunch of fucking playing cards??? That’s fascist intimidation tactics.

That he didn’t do anything illegal seems to be lost on a few people here.

I see a few comments here about this YouTuber committing a crime and he very much did not. Buy something before a street date is not a crime. It’s breach of contract from the seller but that is a civil matter.

Yeah I don’t see why this is up for debate, lol. We see the same thing happen with warrentless police officers, all the time. They’re scary, the public doesn’t have a clear understanding of where they’re rights begin and end-

So they let them in assuming they already had the authority to come in already.

Sounds like the pinkertons escalated what should have just been a routine investigation

Rent-a-cops nothing, Pinkertons are mercenaries. They’re hired to kill people

You’re right that it’s not exactly clear, but I’m pretty sure you just answered your own question there, “they’re probably large, intimidating, armed men, shouting about jail time and gigantic fines, holding some kind of piece of paper they claim gives them access” and his wife answered the door likely sans large,…

They're talking about someone from WotC being polite and apologetic, not the Pinkerton agent.

Yet another case of “not sorry we did it, just sorry we got caught.”

CR is in the middle of contract with WOTC with probably many, many NDAs with non-disparage contract language barring them from talking about it without being on the hook for having the rug pulled out from literally all of their products since they are in the middle of Campaign 3, Season 2 of the animated show and the…

No he did not hold his own. Stop giving this uneducated, ignorant boot licker the benefit of the doubt. So he didn’t fall over on the way to the stage, good for him. The only thing this moron did was create memes that will live on forever and force SNL to rewrite the cold open. 

“But at least Oz has a heart, right”

It’s funny.  When he first announced this run, I genuinely feared that his celebrity would give him the win.  Then he campaigned.