this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2026
608 points (80.5% liked)
Political Memes
11584 readers
2334 users here now
Welcome to politcal memes!
These are our rules:
1) Be civil
Jokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.
2) No misinformation
Don’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.
3) Posts should be memes
Random pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.
4) No bots, spam or self-promotion
Follow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.
5) No AI generated content.
Content posted must not be created by AI with the intent to mimic the style of existing images
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
The point is if that's your issue, your choices haven't made things better. In fact, it made things worse. On day 1, Trump removed Biden's sanctions on West Bank settlers. On day whatever it was this week, Trump said that Lebanon was not part of the ceasefire agreement despite the country that brokered the agreement saying it was.
I want to stop the genocide too, but I'm smart enough to know what my choices are. There isn't a choice to stop the genocide immediately, but there is a choice to slow it down and get on a path where we stop it faster.
Maybe? No, we know the answer to that: definitely not.
There weren't enough votes to do that yet, just like there weren't enough votes to legalize gay marriage in 2008. In the reality we live in, California amended its constitution to ban gay marriage in 2008 by direct voter initiative. People who support gay marriage had to work to shift public attitudes while voting for the best option available, who said he didn't support gay marriage (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/10/obama-frustrated-same-sex-marriage-david-axelrod-book) but then directed the DOJ not to defend DOMA in order for it to fail court challenges. Similarly, people fighting for civil rights had to shift public attitudes while voting for the best option available.
In the reality we live in, 51% of Americans said their sympathies were with Israelis and 27% with Palestinians in 2024. In just the same way, people opposing genocide have to shift public attitudes while voting for the best option available.
Doing otherwise means genocide stops later, and more people watch their friends die, as evacuation orders now cover half of Beirut. You didn't have to let Trump win and kill schoolchildren in Iran with a triple tap strike. That was your decision made from not understanding the consequences of your actions.