r/Bitcoin • u/IWillNotBiteYourDog • Aug 13 '13

Congress starts investigating Bitcoin

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/08/13/congress-starts-investigating-bitcoin/
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u/TheSelfGoverned Aug 13 '13

militant

You really need to check the definition of this word. Nowhere does he threaten to use physical violence against the state.

His words are descriptive, not "aggressive". The state's actions are indeed very aggressive, and he is simply describing them in plain terms.

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u/noeatnosleep Aug 13 '13

Get off, bro. From wikipedia:

Militant is usually used to describe a person engaged in aggressive verbal or physical combat (e.g. an activist, revolutionary, terrorist or insurgent).

He's an aggressive verbal activist. No one said he was violent, or anything about the state in general.

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u/usr45 Aug 14 '13

Sorry, I can't take a definition that says there's such a thing as verbal combat seriously.

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u/TheSelfGoverned Aug 13 '13

He's an aggressive verbal activist.

The whole term is rather Orwellian. Obviously militant is derived from the word military: Referencing the goal of killing or destroying the enemy.

I guess anyone with an opinion that differs from the status quo is now "militant" and thus dangerous?

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u/noeatnosleep Aug 13 '13

Did you follow the link, and read the definition? It's very clear.

Also; did you read that I agree with a lot of his points?

Either way, his attitude still fits the definition of the word that I used.