Irish people terrorists... ???

Question

Do British people consider Irish people terrorists just out of anger primarily towards the U.S. for the Revolutionary War???

I'm so tired of the word "terrorist" whoever coined the term is probably laughing their a-$-$ off at how many clueless journalists and news anchors use it for pretty much any "bad guy" these days. The way it is used these days is so generalized if it was used the same way throughout history every single war would have one side calling the other side terrorists.

Native Americans (indians) would've called the pilgrims terrorists. The North would've called the South terrorists during the Civil War in the states. The term has pretty much come full circle... ya know, Jesus vs. the Romans and now Jews vs. Palestinians and anyone else that don't like them.

I didn't ask what is a terrorist I know what they are I asked why does England consider Irish people terrorists due to the IRA when back in the Revolutionary war going by the same logic the Americans could've easily been tagged as terrorists according to the British because of their tactics in battle as the Minutemen. (Not lining up to shoot at the enemy like the British did, the Americans were just way ahead of the British with their tactics and that's the only way anyone could sympathize with the British is if they tried calling Americans as terrorists basically because of how they fought in battle.)

I'm also Irish, my grandpa was born in Chicago but his parents moved from Galway County, Ireland in the early 1900's.

Answer 1

Umm.....no. You couldn't meet a nicer people than the Irish.

Answer 2

Irish Republican Army (IRA) they are terrorist Organization ask anybody who lives in London they'll tell you whose a Terrorist and whose a Brit, and the Irish well they came here including My ancestors to the US from 1845 to 1914, from the Potato Famine to the Start of World War I the Irish came to America for a Better Life which the British refused to help the Irish, My own Ancestors came from Cork, Waterford, Dublin, and Galway on the Irish Side, and the English Side came from Hertfordshire and New Castle and Most of them still are there today, so If we all can just get along which can catch the Terrorists easier, and I know the Brit in Scotland Yard can catch better then US Americans.

Answer 3

only the little englanders think the irish are terrorists and people who have lost loved ones in the campaign for irish freedom .The term "terrorist" was first brought into the irish demesion by maggie thacher and ronald regan, thacher used it to internationlised the war in ireland and put the pressure on the irish/american people to stop supporting the I.R.A that was when the americans betrayed us. It was also used after that to brand every country who disagreeded with britian american and any western alliance country . but when you look at the meaning.of the word terrorism"fear,panic or dread" think of iraq so its just a word that powers that beuse tocover their tracks

Answer 4

My maternal ancestors came from County Cork to Canada during the Genocide (aka Potato Famine) . I do not believe for a moment the average English person considers the average Irish person a terrorist. The IRA & UDL definately but not the average person.Ian Paisley is one of the worst.

Answer 5

I agree. Originally from Northern Ireland, I have first hand experience of how the IRA was resurrected due to the second class treatment of Catholics by the Protestant majority.

As the saying goes 'One mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter'. 'Terrorism' flourishes when democracy fails.

Answer 6

A terrorist is an invisible enemy, the word itself tells you that. The Irish in the US supported the IRA, sending cash and arms.

Answer 7

a lot them do yes, in fact the guildford 4 and birmingham 6, all convicted terrorists but innocent,

remember the bombings you had recently in london, carried out by British people, muslims or not,

Answer 8

terrorist,s are any body who kill innocent people who want nothing to do with the cause whatever the cause why do so called freedom fighters kill or injure the people they are supposedly fighting for is there not more a motive for their so called concern

Answer 9

i dont see a question in there but learn the deffenition of terrorist

Answer 10

having had my home blown up by your freedom fighters in northern ireland i have to say your full of it. also what about those innocents killed in omagh? out shopping one minute and killed the next. Catholics as well as Protestants. some freedom fighters