Wrong use of term "rebel"
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"I'm not sure why 'rebel' implies they will lose. They are rebelling against the status quo of the last ~40 years. That makes them rebels."
"I'm not sure why 'rebel' implies they will lose. They are rebelling against the status quo of the last ~40 years. That makes them rebels."
But 'rebels', in common usage, is used for those who lose. This implication is unrelated to the definition of the word itself.
I dispute that. Your examples, so far, have been in the past tense. The news is written in the present tense.