KONY 2012
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- moogchild0
Ha!, muppets.
- mg330
Haven't watched it, don't really care. If a social media campaign and video is what it takes to motivate people to give a crap about something, fine, that's their right, and that's a good thing. But I wonder if the same people ever stop to realize the immeasurable injustices and suffering going on in our own backyards? Would they lift a finger to help causes that aim to end homelessness in their own country? Help those out of work? Help single mothers? Help the elderly?
I'm not equating this Kony guys' murderous tendencies with homelessness or single motherhood; I just think that people should look around their own immediate place in the world and see what they can do. Sending money to some crew of people in California to do what exactly with it to help keep creating awareness about Kony and not really doing anything to stop him seems like a total waste of my money, and a complete uncertainty. I'd be 100X better off donating clothes I don't wear to a homeless shelter, or donating to a food pantry.
- i_monk0
I'd rather donate a dollar to the nuking of the Pentagon.
- mg330
So, I thought about this even more after my comment above last night and felt I wanted to put something on Facebook - that's the place I've seen so much instant interest by people that i know didn't think much of it even 24 hours later. I got some really good responses to this:
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I wonder if anyone who fleetingly watched the Kony video (I didn't, actually, but get the gist of it) and was inspired for half a day had the same take-away as I did: What do we do in our own community? Who do we help? Who do we care about that's suffering? What do we do about it? What proof can we see of our efforts if we do?My answer, admittedly, is that I don't do anything. And I probably sho...uld. Id like to. If a video about one of numerous atrocities across the world is enough to move me to do something supportive, I feel that I owe it to myself and my community to look first at what I can do here to make a difference, however small it may be. There is suffering, murder, etc in all corners of the world; Kony is not unique or any more worthy of focus than anyone else. He's just the one that a group chose to focus on (and I think donating to them is pointless and wont likely help their goal much at all).
Brilliant social media effort for sure, but all I walk away from it with is the feeling that beside being totally unsure of what my donation might do, it's worth my time to look at what I can support close to home. Unless the Kony group can 1,000% guarantee what the donations do, and show proof of the outcome, it doesn't seem logical to support it financially. And, not to offend anyone in any way, but the Kony group clearly benefited from that marvelous Internet/social media phenomenon: of-the-moment bandwagon hopping. I didn't jump on. Sorry world.
- Maaku0
A Ugandan perspective explains why the Kony 2012 short film is complete Mainstream media propaganda.
- zoozoo0
Is Kony like Sony or more like Tony?
Seems like balogna.
- pixellette0
- augh poo.....
Kony2012: North Ugandans react angrily to viral videopixellette
- augh poo.....
- uuuuuu0
http://www.infowars.com/ugandans…
Ugandans React Angrily To Kony 2012 Propaganda Film
'The viral Kony 2012 propaganda film has stoked anger amongst those it was ostensibly designed to help – Ugandan citizens – who see through the movie as a transparent ploy to legitimize a US military invasion of Africa.
There has also been a massive backlash against the fact that the Invisible Children organization openly supports the 30-year dictator of Uganda Yoweri Museveni, a man who resorted to election fraud last year to hold on to power and has been implicated in murders and acts of genocide against his own people.'
You know I was quietly glad a lot of people started reiterating the same criticism I was thinking about IC justifying more military influence in Africa etc. but honestly I hope this doesn't change their minds about the actual issues. It could be seen as an opportunity for people to look into these issues deeper and figure what IS the right thing to do, what the REAL situation is all about. There is still a lot of urgency needed around Africa but not the "Kony 2012" kind.
- no, how about you stay the fuck away from it, anyone with a hint of african history knows that collonianism is what brought it to the state it is at the present, just look at the belgian / congolese relation for a startgeorgesIII
- the state it is at the present, just look at the belgian / congolese relation for a start, look at what they did there, no one was ever prosecuted,georgesIII
- prosecuted, yet it makes me laugh when people assume there are lots of problem in africa without knowing the history of it,georgesIII
- they put the seed there and let it grow untill it became the cluster fuck it is presently, fuck kony, fuck ic, fuck neocolonialismgeorgesIII
- I don't get what your point is. There are lots of problems in africa thanks to colonialism... we should think about thatuuuuuu
- maybe you don't get my point... note sureuuuuuu
- I should have an automatic script that stops me from posting after a 13h day of workgeorgesIII
- heheh... know what you meanuuuuuu
- enfocusmedia0
Read this: KONY 2012: State Propaganda for a New Generation
http://vigilantcitizen.com/vigil…GWB Jnr is backing this too. Hmmm...
- i_monk0
Invisible Children funded by anti-gay creationists:
http://blogs.alternet.org/speake…
- prophetone0
i feel like i'm the only one left who hasn't watched this thing...
- I haven't either. 30 minutes?i_monk
- exactly, you got me for 30 seconds unless it's the next trailer for twilightprophetone
- I haven't seen it either. you are not alone in this.capn_ron
- uuuuuu0
This guy started this blog in criticism of the video and Invisible Children offered to fly him to Africa but he refused because he didn't like the idea of charity money going towards flying a blogger to Africa. He has a post on where all the money is going.
- hydro740
can't join till Obey makes a poster for it. Them the rules
- i've been waiting for a 'hope' spoof poster to appear in this thread. so far, i've found only disappointment...prophetone
- ...and a raving hipsters gif.prophetone
- _me_0
- Charlie Brooker is always right.i_monk
- interesting to see all the evangelical christian stuff in thereBaskerviIle
- lost his edge since he got married.ebertzjaw
- brooker's turned into the type of person he used to slag off.. ie. an annoying cuntebertzjaw
- look at his hair ffs. what's that about charlie?!ebertzjaw
- Love this guy and Lewis Black.Andrew_D
- ebertzjaw likes his old material, he is like, so over his new stuff, omg look at his hairbiusness
- hahaha, about right.pillhead
- I can't listen to him since he finished his old screen wipe column in the Guardian with an apology to anyone he'd offended.Wolfboy
- OP310
- < Invisible Children Founder and KONY 2012 Star Found Masturbating in PublicFax_Benson
- this is hilarious
OP31 - Doesn't mean he's untrustworthyFax_Benson
- there are other reasons for thatFax_Benson
- like public awareness
OP31 - hahahaha WTF! "and possibly under the influence of something"
Under the influence of being a fucking Twat.pillhead
- cannonball19780
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