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Message: <blockquote data-quote="inactive" data-source="post: 1890522" data-attributes="member: 7488">Does "belong" mean "be owned by" or "participate in / affiliate one's self with?" in this context?<a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belong" target="_blank">http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belong</a>2a or 2c ?I'm not defending the poor choice of words; it definitely was an unwise thing to say given context of a progressive political rally.  But someone could just as easily say "I belong to the Tulsa Gun Club" or "I belong to the Masons" or "I belong to the Patriot Guard."</blockquote>