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What like run elections?A freedom fighter needs a mandate from the community they claim to be fighting for.
Did the French resistance have a mandate from the people?
Do the Myanma freedom fighters have a mandate from the people?
Did the Chinese students, or the Iranians have a mandate from the people?
How about the Hong Kong people?
Sometimes Vinty, you say sensible things, but other times you do talk carp.
They did, and they also had support from RoI, and Ex pats in USA.The IRA never had majority support for their campaign of violence from the Nationalist community.
When they've been allowed to contest elections, or even to exist as an organisation, they've received lots of support:Their political wing Sinn Fein, only became the largest Nationalist party after the IRA ended its campaign of terrorism.
It's not a self determined definition, it's organisations like governments who assign the label and proscribe the organisations.If there is no agreed definition of a terrorist v freedom fighter, then anyone could call themselves Freedom Fighters including Tommy Robbingstein, or the local drug dealer.
I'm sure TR does see himself as some kind of Robin Hood character, but most other sane people see him for what he is, a zealous racist.