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.
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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.