Minutemen border patrol

[ziggytrix]

How can you say these people weren't taking law enforcement into their own hands? They went out armed to look for criminal activity. The only thing that makes me hesistate to use the word vigilante is it's connotations - there's certainly nothing inappropriate in it's use in the literal watchman. Hell, they've even named their little group after a famous militia. But I'll agree a better word to descirbe them is activists or protesters since their operation was for one month only.

Since you are so into these semantic debates, let's argue about your misuse of the word buzzword next.