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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: DMaA who wrote (97787)1/30/2005 9:44:29 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 793725
 
I found one that directly addressed the question. It was negative on "rebel" as contrasted with neutral on "insurgent."

<<Insurgent - definition from bouvier
INSURGENT. One who is concerned in an insurrection. He differs from a rebel
in this, that rebel is always understood in a bad sense, or one who unjustly
opposes the constituted authorities; insurgent may be one who justly opposes
the tyranny of constituted authorities. The colonists who opposed the
tyranny of the English government were insurgents, not rebels.>>

Mostly the definitions are like this one:

Insurgent - Rising in opposition to civil or political authority, or against an established government
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