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by jbboehr 19 days ago
For starters, they named themselves after a murderous left-wing terrorist organization:

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobins

> the most influential political club during the French Revolution of 1789. The period of its political ascendancy includes the Reign of Terror, during which well over 10,000 people were put on trial and executed in France, many for "political crimes".