Of course, you can dictionary-mine single words that appear in the third definition of a given word to support your claim all you please
Now you’re just being stupid, or you’re ignorant of how definitions work. The pic I posted actually shows two definitions (see that little 1 & 2? That means there’s 2). Each definition is its own, independent clarification of the various meanings that can be ascribed to a word. I didn’t “dictionary-mine” anything. I gave you definitions for each word in the broader definition of another word because I was giving you benefit of the doubt that you actually were misunderstanding the word “brandish”. Now I can see you’re only interested in proving yourself right, despite obvious holes in your argument.
I don’t care if you’re convinced. Any rational person can see for themselves that you’re wrong.
Spite or not the utility guys were within their right to call the cops. Since you weren’t there you’re in no position to make a call as to whether they felt threatened. Only they can determine that. It’s clear from the comments in this thread that a lot of your countrymen would do the same, so you’d better learn to deal with it.
And thanks for you belittling accusation that I’m ignorant of US law… Please, all-knowing McLoud, inform me which laws were broken or not broken here? The cops came. The guy understood why. If there was an issue he could take them to court. Amazingly, it seems like a cranky neo-nazi has less of a problem with this than you do. Lifelong resident or not I am able to parse a situation in the US to determine whether it’s acceptable and legal or not. Or are you saying they issue you some sort of secret, residents-only book of law that we poor non-americans are unaware of?
PS: Your fucked gun laws mean that a lot of handguns end up in my country, so it’s not as if we’re immune from your rabid desire to posses arms.
