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CMV: THE IRA are nothing but a terrorist organisation.

First thing first, yes I am British. My mum was born in Northen Ireland and lived through The Troubles. She told me about how IRA members used car bombs and other bombing methods which killed innocent civilians. Doing this helped spread terror. I don't understand how people can label these people who did these acts a "Freedom fighters". There are many other ways to spread your point which don't include killing random civilians. I am open to see the other side of the view to people who see these people as freedom fighters and not terrorists.
gpt
“Freedom fighter” and “terrorist” aren’t mutually exclusive. 

In fact, a lot of the the time throughout history, terrorists have justified their actions as necessary to defending their home from foreign occupation. 

From the American Political Science Review: 
> “The data show that there is little connection   between suicide terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism, or any one of the world's religions. ... Rather, what nearly all suicide terrorist attacks have in common is a specific secular and strategic goal: to compel modern democracies to withdraw military forces from territory that the terrorists consider to be their homeland"

This isn’t to say that the IRA weren’t terrorists, just that they arent just blowing stuff up because it looks cool.