In Ireland, the political party Sinn Fein was once seen by many as a de-facto wing of the Irish Republican Army – a terrorist organization. @Mehdirhasan asks @kathleen_belew: could we be on the road to a similar situation with the GOP and far-right domestic extremists?

May 11, 2023 · 8:05 PM UTC

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The IRA was never anywhere near as much of a threat to democracy as Trumpists.
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“fAr rIgHt dOmeStiC eXtRemIst” 🤣🤣🤣
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there is a difference between good and bad things
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Americans learn to shut the fuck up when you don't know what you're talking about challenge. The IRA was an insurgency, not a terrorist organisation.
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This formulation of yours, "...Sinn Fein was once seen by many as..." is heinous in its dishonesty, as you use it to tie them to a Neo-Nazi movement revolving around stochastic terrorism. You really are foul.
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What an incredibly poor take Mehdi! A group who would starve to death rather than wear a criminal’s prison uniform because of principal vs American insurrectionists
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As others have pointed out, that's a terrible analogy, Mehdi. Both Irish and Scottish nationalism are left-wing ideologies, as I'm sure you're well aware. Sinn Fein is the largest left-wing party in Ireland, Labour don't even come close.
Sure, blowing civilians up is indefensible, but you left out centuries of brutal colonial rule, divide and conquer tactics, systematic dispossesion of the native population which led to mass starvation and the economic destruction of the country.