Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-16461120-20160405223613/@comment-10473115-20160406005309

Educated opinions based on in-universe facts supersedes any opinions based only on authority. Especially author's who's selling the movie. Please stop using out-of-universe arguments.

I haven't seen the movie but WarBlade makes a good case on Talk page: "As for Hawkeye's speech, that was a symbolic gesture, not an official invitation."