There’s something that’s always stuck with me about the “All right, then, I'll go to hell” quote, sometimes you have to accept the moral judgments of others and of yourself and instead of being shameful about it, wear it with pride, they can’t shame someone who has no shame
![In 2019, the Brady Feigls shared their DNA test results on Inside Edition. Though both had 53 percent Germanic ancestry, they were not related.[29][30] "We're still brothers in a way", said Brady Feigl. "And we'll always be Brady Feigl", added the other Brady Feigl.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3s5wtzqrvrsvbxl6afiko2yw/bafkreibbcxbtwrr7m4u6lysa434j7claoiiy5z6y2xvjz64fxeu7fth2ca)
![[“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don’t we consider it his duty to escape? The moneylenders, the know-nothings, the authoritarians have us all in prison; if we value the freedom of the mind and soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can.”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreihuubdwcftfkvvlnepoaf6pfxqulryfp7ydrydi5fe2pflwz63wgm)
![Notable examples
Some examples of settings, groups, and eras where purity spirals have occurred:[1][2]
Khmer Rouge
Cultural Revolution, Red Guards and mass denunciations
French Revolution
Instagram knitting circles[4]
Moscow trials[6]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreifnyhg2vrzdcgtcyyfvzqka63o5cjdimqnhw3aa4dpqpjfmuj2sbe)
