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Re:U.S. Justice Department forming unit to counter domestic ... by notacoward on Thursday January 13, 2022 @11:11AM (#29922328)
> It's not just telling you the criteria for membership, it's telling you who's in it

Pedantic comment of the day, and on HN that's quite a contest. There's no functional difference between those two things.

> You're arguing about something entirely different here

No, I'm arguing the same point you were originally, until you were conclusively proven wrong and moved the goalposts.

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Re:U.S. Justice Department forming unit to counter domestic ... by notch656a on Thursday January 13, 2022 @11:27AM (#29922597)
>Pedantic comment of the day, and on HN that's quite a contest. There's no functional difference between those two things.

Yes there is. If the criteria for membership in a club is that you have to be an able bodied male, that doesn't mean every able bodied male is a member of the club. It means an able bodied male could potentially choose to join the club. The US Code says they're in the club whether they want to or not.

>No, I'm arguing the same point you were originally, until you were conclusively proven wrong and moved the goalposts.

My point was never that a militia could perform same actions as military or law enforcement, YOU were the one who moved the goalposts. You didn't prove jack shit wrong.

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