Re: White House Surrounded

moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

On 6/9/2024 9:13 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

On 6/8/2024 11:56 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
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Seems insurrectiony.

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Doesn't an insurrectionist have to be an American citizen? Aren't these
foreign nationals? Is DHS offering deportation flights to Gaza?
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Definitions of insurrectionist
noun a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted
authority
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I don’t see anything that says you have to be under the authority of what
you are rebelling against
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'insurrection' -a violent uprising against an authority or government
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I think words like "rebellion" and "uprising" imply you're a subject...
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I agree about the implication, but it doesn’t actually seem to be required
in the definition

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Ah, because you could take part in a neighboring state's insurrection.
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But then, your def. does say "THE (rather than A) constituted
authority".  So, a non-subject insurrectionist might at least need prior
context to establish exactly which authority he's fed up to here with.
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This definitely seems to need more work.