"::::::::::::Usually I am not this unkind to others on Wiki, but your condenscending tone, as well as your own unwillingness to think outside a narrow paradigm, has brought me to it. The dictionary (Webster) defines a separatist as, among other things, ""One who advocates disjunction of a group from a larger group or political unit."" I'll break this down so you can understand. Disjunction means to break a connection; was the KMT connected to Taiwan at the time? Yes. Legal or not, a definite political connection existed (i.e. the KMT was in charge). Was the KMT a larger political unit? At the time, yes, since they still occupied the mainland. Did the insurgents want to break Taiwan's existing connection with the KMT? Yes. Therefore, the insurgents were separatists. And, therefore, your arguments involving Taiwan's legal status (or, basically, all your posts since the very beginning of the discussion) are irrelevant. I suggest consulting a dictionary so you know what the term in question actually means before launching into a pseudo-intellectual spiel that amounts to little more than mental masturbation. It would likely improve the quality of your contributions both to Wiki and to the Internet as a whole. Good day, kind sir. )  

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