this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2026
556 points (99.5% liked)
Political Memes
12529 readers
2041 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 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
So, a lot of this would be dissonance in the head of a logical and rational person. Sadly, this is all rationalized away with the help of a few devices:
How do we combat this? Outside of one-on-one conversations to help make "doesn't happen here" things relevant to the individual, I'm not sure.
Historically? Well....combat.
They are going to keep hurting others until we make them stop. That's how bad guys work.