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by dragonwriter 4573 days ago
> This period is often referred to as a revolution, and successful revolutionaries are not historically known as 'terrorists'.

Well, except that the term "Terror" as a political act and "Terrorists" for those who practiced it -- well, except in French, not English -- was coined to refer to a particular set of successful (to that point) revolutionaries and their actions (and embraced by them.)