https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1392606988975198214#m

  • Vampire [any]
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    4 years ago

    People said the same kinds of things when the IRA were setting off car bombs in London

    Including most Irish Republicans.

    but thr Irish Republic might not exist were it not for those acts of resistance.

    This is grossly misinformed. The Irish Republic had existed for decades before car bombs in London. That's not what The Troubles was about.

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      This is grossly misinformed. The Irish Republic had existed for decades before car bombs in London. That’s not what The Troubles was about.

      You're right. I meant to say that the Irish republic would not exist as it is.

      • Vampire [any]
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        4 years ago

        This is a sidetrack, but the goals of the IRA during the carbombs-in-London era (as distinct from the IRA of 1919-1922) was to absorb the six counties of the north into the Republic, not to preserve/establish the Republic.