As most certainly is is, for as means that IT IS of a particular form that is being stated
No different from if the IRS says something IS treated AS something else, the IS is implicitly there along with the AS, it cannot be separated
Not that it matters because what they say IS NONSENSE regardless
100 sats \ 2 replies \ @Lux 27 Apr
if I treat you as my brother it means you are not my brother
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Lux, I am your brother
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Lux 27 Apr
you are my legal tender
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