# Is there any legitimacy to the Sovereign Citizen argument?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 7, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-legitimacy-to-the-sovereign-citizen-argument/786097 "2017-05-07T22:25:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-legitimacy-to-the-sovereign-citizen-argument/786097/271 "2017-11-26T16:17:35Z")

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> [@Bone](#):
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> A
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> > [@SarahWitch](#):
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> > I see you are incapable of understanding a legal argument.
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> I’m going to give this another try. Do not personalize arguments in this fashion. Readers can judge for themselves what constitutes a legal argument, much less a persuasive one.
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> [/moderating]

Perhaps you missed the above exchange. You must have, given this:

> [@SarahWitch](#):
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> I already have, your inability to comprehend them is irrelevant.

> [@SarahWitch](#):
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> you would know about dumbass posts.

This is a warning for failure to follow a moderator’s instructions.

Given your short stint I’ve made an effort to use kid gloves here. With your seeming refusal to follow the rules of the forum that approach isn’t working so **I am going to suspend you for 3 days.** If you care to return, please remember when communicating in this forum a certain level of civility is required.

[/moderating]

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