Brandon O'Brien
Everyone's talking about the Magic: The Gathering Pinkertons debacle in a tone of 'oh my god I can't believe they'd respond to a thing like this with the honest-to-god Pinkertons' and I see why
but I'm here like, 'oh yeah, corpos gonna corpo--wait THE PINKERTONS *STILL EXIST*?'
Apr 25, 2023 at 11:03pmWeb
Show threadBrandon O'BrienApr 25, 2023
One can have any number of opinions about the guy making the video, or who else is at fault for shipping it--my thing is, once corporation money is spent on a company whose only recourse is threatening someone, & then they threaten someone, that's poor form any way you slice it.
Show threadBrandon O'BrienApr 25, 2023
By all accounts it's been resolved amicably at this point, and I'm glad. This is still a brand I care very deeply about, after all. But that was a wild reaction, and at the very least I hope that overreactions like that don't recur in the future for this and other brands.
Show threadtwodimesApr 25, 2023

@therisingtithes hahaha I only discovered they still existed because they changed their logo for Pride month ;)

https://www.newsweek.com/pinkerton-agency-pride-flag-pinkwashing-1600300

Pinkerton Detective Agency Adopts Pride Logo in Strangest Case of 'Rainbow-Washing' Yet

The agency is infamous for infiltrating unions of big corporations and working against labor movements.

Newsweek
Show threadSir DippingsauceApr 25, 2023
@therisingtithes I know, right?
Show threadErosBlog Bacchus has moved!Apr 25, 2023
@therisingtithes Every couple of years we all get our noses rubbed in the continuing existence of the fucking Pinkertons.
Show threadAnna LandinApr 26, 2023
@therisingtithes they tried to sue Rockstar games over being represented as antagonists in Red Dead Redemption 2 some years ago, which is how *I* found out that absolute nightmare of an agency still exists.