Opinion of the IRA

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Lean FF though I disapprove of targeting civilians.

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Is this some kind of joke?

No, it’s hard to argue their cause was unjust unless your a British imperialist. The tactics they deployed on the other hand were at times undeniably morally abhorrent.

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Lean FF though I disapprove of targeting civilians.

As the offspring of civilians physically and psychologically scarred by the IRA, I really struggle to see your logic here. If you target civilians, you’re a f**king terrible organisation by default.

My grandparents ran a business that hired from both communities, made a point of trading with both, and sent their kids to integrated, non-denominational schools, trying to break the cycle. Didn’t stop my grandfather from being injured by a random IRA bomb. His only crime was living in a predominantly Protestant town.

The only true freedom fighters in the IRA are the former members who co-signed the Good Friday Agreement, and helped put the whole miserable period to an end.

That’s a fair point actually. I’m sorry that happened to your grandfather. That’s ing horrible and exactly the sort of action that only increased bad blood I can imagine and made peace that much harder to achieve.