# Have political purges ever succeeded for a society?

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**Created:** [March 22, 2024, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-political-purges-ever-succeeded-for-a-society/999195 "2024-03-22T11:33:20Z")\
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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> Oh, there were some **little** hiccups on the way from there to now

(Emphasis mine)  
Is that a crack at Napoleon’s height?

> [@MrDibble](#):
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> and the French are better for having gone through it.

For one, they don’t have anything [like this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-dopers-think-of-the-kate-middleton-brouhaha/998723/) to deal with!

> [@susan](#):
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> Note _rarely_ fatal. I was threatened with this as a queer teen in the South-ish US.

That’s terrible, and I am very sorry to hear that. Homophobia is a terrible thing.

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