To put it in perspective, I never once heard the 30 year long paramilitary campaign by the IRA to depose the governments of both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland described as an insurrection. Not sure why it wasn’t now I think of it, except maybe the governments of neither jurisdiction considered attempts by the IRA to usurp political power through force to be a legitimate threat to their positions. Unlike those lil ol’ ladies and unarmed larpers who took on the world’s most powerful government for a few hours I guess.
To put it in perspective, I never once heard the 30 year long paramilitary campaign by the IRA to depose the governments of both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland described as an insurrection. Not sure why it wasn’t now I think of it, except maybe the governments of neither jurisdiction considered attempts by the IRA to usurp political power through force to be a legitimate threat to their positions. Unlike those lil ol’ ladies and unarmed larpers who took on the world’s most powerful government for a few hours I guess.
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