Not having any idea what this meme was referring to, I could pretty easily make a good inference based on the format (Ed Sheeran taking a position on genocide by not taking a position on genocide).

However, this comment citing Robert Kraft’s inclusion in the Epstein files while name-dropping Macklemore—somehow in reference to Ed Sheeran and genocide—what did I miss?

I recall actually talking to him on Facebook at one point once over a decade ago. He was talking shit about single family homes. I can't imagine I've ever had direct contact with a worse person.

Mark my words, Sheeran has the same proclivities

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"

But can you locate the real Grant in a room full of Grants?

"Apolitical" isn't reinforcing anything, therefore it's not conservative.

If you don't participate in, say, watching the Oscars, you're not "reinforcing the Oscars."

If you don't participate in America's sport, say, baseball, you're not "reinforcing baseball"

If you don't participate in Sunday school, you're not "reinforcing Catholicism"

... and so on.

ms rachel destroying ed sheeran is serotonin.

I also love wild dropout memes

My issue with apoliticism is that, IMO, it's impossible: it just endorses the status quo, and is simply a fachade to hide that.

Paraphrasing Desmond Tutu: "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor".

And it's fine if you want to conform to the status quo, not every single discussion we have every single day should be this huge decision-making take-a-stand and die-on-that hill and so on, but just be transperent and honest about it, instead of hiding in that "apolitical" image.

I know someone at work who is often "a-political" and tries the whole let's hear out all sides.

I tend to be this guy when I am mostly unfamiliar with an issue, largely because I want to know the whole situation, and more importantly, the reasoning behind each side's arguments before I publicly take a position one way or the other.

In this case though, it's pretty obvious to see who the oppressor is.

Oh that's easy, they're just your standard "It doesn't affect me directly so I don't care about it" idiots.

Edit Sheeran has historically chosen not to take sides on political issues. Recently he dropped Macklemore from some tour dates under pressure from billionaire Robert Kraft, who owns an arena he's booked at due to Macklemore's vocal opposition to Israel's genocidal actions in Palestine.

Ed Sheeran is influential enough that choosing to speak out would be beneficial towards raising awareness about the issue. Even though he has the platform to help people by speaking up about important issues, he chooses not to. Even though he has hundreds of millions of dollars and could easily afford get a few dates cancelled just to make a statement he chooses not to. Most likely because he is a straight, white, wealthy, well-connected man who doesn't have to worry about the threat of oppression and would rather stay silent than risk his ability to make even more millions of dollars.

for the original clip that the images come from, you don't really need any context other than what's shown here in order to get the point of this particular meme: an explicit statement that you are not taking a stance on a particular issue is itself an explicit stance on that issue

but to give the context that's not really needed, it's a game show, and the objective of this particular part of the episode is "don't acknowledge Ron Perlman," but the twist is some players don't know the objectives, and just walk into the room and see Ron Perlman with no instruction given

Ed lost his spine somewhere and he's having a lot of trouble finding it, please check under your couch cushions!

The prompt was “Ignore Ron Pearlman.” It’s spectacular.

That last one "I spy" I really feel was the weakest yet. Like I know the art department put in a metric fuckton of work into it, but I feel Ryan and Sam really didn't put in a whole lot of brain power into the gimmick(s). Same with the jury episode this season too.