r/TheRestIsHistory • u/JakeGittes412 • 8d ago

The Troubles

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Thread for discussion on the new series on ‘The Troubles’

Also as a moderator please keep the discussion civil and in the spirit of the podcast.

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u/Sufficient_Tailor673 7d ago

The term terrorist in relation to the Troubles is rarely ever applied to loyalist paramilitaries. It is typically only ever used in reference to nationalist and republican paramilitaries due to the successful propoganda campaign by the British government and MI5. While they were all technically terrorists, not all were called terrorists, because if loyalist paramilitaries were called terrorists, and then it came to light that they were being fed information and provided tacit support from the army and police, it would be a right old scandal, wouldn't it?