Kony 2012

[Angel Androgynous]

Watch this now (http://vimeo.com/37119711)
KONY 2012 is a film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice.

[Jupiter]

Kony 2012

<3

It's amazing to see what people can do.

[Desuetude]

What a sick sick man.
I know im not American but I will do everything I can to spread the word.
These people are doing so well and they are such amazing people committing themselves like that.

Kony 2012

[insanity]

OMG I was just about to post this......... spread the word...

if you look on fb you can most likely find events for your city for april 20th.. I know I can and I dont live in america..

[Angel Androgynous]

OMG I was just about to post this......... spread the word...

if you look on fb you can most likely find events for your city for april 20th.. I know I can and I dont live in america..

Yep, my school and my city are going to do it for sure. :D

[Mortal Coil]

I'm going to get special permission from my parents to stay out really late on 4/20 and put up posters.

OMG the date is 4/20.
I see what he did there...

[Donkey]

Watched this film earlier. Very good, will do my bit

[Jupiter]

OMG the date is 4/20.
I see what he did there...

that's what i thought. lol

[FullyAlive]

I saw this on twitter this morning, watched the video just its so inspiring, i'm buying a bracelet right now.

[Donkey]

after a little more thought...

Invisible Children, Inc., produced a documentary about the brutality of Ugandan LRA Joseph Kony, yet features more images of a five year old American white boy than the Ugandans affected by Kony himself.

Turns out at the end of the fiscal year the starring film maker and his colleagues (all two of them) took home an executive sum of $262,287. No doubt this figure will increase as the viral video which claims we must ambiguously "stop" Kony blows up on the Internet. The video does not fully explain how making Kony a household name will actually result in the man being captured. The following commentaries explain.

http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Children_Inc#Criticisms

http://crossedcrocodiles.wordpress.com/2012/03/01/why-the-us-is-chasing-kony-and-the-lra/

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/ql4oi/kony_2012/

[Clawhammer]

I'm adding my support. It's a good cause, and I'll be glad to see Kony fall. While we all sit on our couches and ignore the world around us or only focus on personal drama, there's some pretty serious shit going on out there and it matters. I'm glad to have an opportunity to do something.

[Kaius]

We've got a March in Brighton around the 20th/21st of April, I probably won't be going myself but i completely agree with the cause. I just hope no twats turn up this time and attempt to turn it into anarchy. Bit of a high hope, but yeah.

[Desuetude]

Just found out there is a "cover the night" by me, definitly going to be there hope it helps people actually take notice.

[Professional Russian]

The U.S. Better do something fucking good this time or i will official declare our government a bunch of dumbasses that cat do shit because they dont think its right.

[Smeagol]

I give this cause my support.

[Thanatos]

Yes because going after a terroristic leader or totalitarian dictator worked so well the last time the U.S. did it. Oh wait...

[UnknownError]

He's been doing this for 23 years and has escaped capture many times.

Fuck all will happen and posting on facebook wont do shit.

[Sugaree]

He's been doing this for 23 years and has escaped capture many times.

Fuck all will happen and posting on facebook wont do shit.

Someone needed to say this. Nothing is going to happen and posting on Facebook about isn't going to stop shit.

[Magenta]

after a little more thought...

Invisible Children, Inc., produced a documentary about the brutality of Ugandan LRA Joseph Kony, yet features more images of a five year old American white boy than the Ugandans affected by Kony himself.

Turns out at the end of the fiscal year the starring film maker and his colleagues (all two of them) took home an executive sum of $262,287. No doubt this figure will increase as the viral video which claims we must ambiguously "stop" Kony blows up on the Internet. The video does not fully explain how making Kony a household name will actually result in the man being captured. The following commentaries explain.

http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Children_Inc#Criticisms

http://crossedcrocodiles.wordpress.com/2012/03/01/why-the-us-is-chasing-kony-and-the-lra/

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/ql4oi/kony_2012/

Regardless of this, they have started a cause that many people are rather dedicated to. I've read plenty of articles ripping Kony 2012 to shreads and, quite honestly, most provide more criticism than anything that could improve and move the cause forward. Maybe I won't be offering my money to them but I certainly still will always support human rights activism. They're making use of what our generation uses everyday and it's a massive start.

He's been doing this for 23 years and has escaped capture many times.

Fuck all will happen and posting on facebook wont do shit.

Someone needed to say this. Nothing is going to happen and posting on Facebook about isn't going to stop shit.

Well, maybe it won't do shit because so many people are close-minded and won't do anything. The rest of us, however, will make the Facebook posts. Everyday we make posts on our new CDs or shoes or the TV show we just watched and sometimes we entice people into watching/buying these things. Why can't a FB post to raise awareness do the same thing? No, we're not going to pick up guns and hunt the guy ourselves and no, we're not going to solve every problem there will be, hell, maybe not this one but idly sitting by and saying "just saying the name won't do anything" is exactly what part of the video was about. I mean, sure, you can leave your Facebook/any other sort of social networking Kony-free but face it: you probably heard of this BECAUSE people were spreading the word this way so obviously it has done something and trying to help in a tiny way shouldn't be judged by how much success it may bring but because you feel you're doing something right.

[Jupiter]

The next twenty seven minutes will be a psychology experiment.

i just remembered this.

[Thanatos]

I absolutely love this facebook group. Arguing with these people has been hilarious. Some girl posted about how everyone needs to act mature, then proceeded to compare a guy to Hitler because he disagreed with her.

I call her out on her hypocrisy and get ripped on by people for causing an argument in a group about peace.

You have to be freaking kidding me.

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/126/314/3cd8a33a.png?1306264975

[Amnesiac]

I think it's nice that people are raising awareness about international issues, but I just can't get behind this campaign. It seemed legitimate when I first watched it yesterday, but the holes (http://ilto.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/the-visible-problem-with-invisible-children/) are starting (http://www.blackstarnews.com/news/122/ARTICLE/6586/2010-06-02.html) to show (http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/136673/mareike-schomerus-tim-allen-and-koen-vlassenroot/obama-takes-on-the-lra). Indeed, the military insurgency started by the LRA is basically over (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%27s_Resistance_Army_insurgency), and multiple (http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/220710/uganda___the_maize_market.aspx) news (http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/cross-cutting_programs/transition_initiatives/country/uganda/topic1209.html) articles (http://www.globalh2o.org/projects/dibolyec-uganda-feb-2010/) on Uganda have claimed it "ended" between 2006 and 2008.

Indeed, peace in any part of Africa won't come from simply killing the leaders of organizations. Kony will be easily replaced. The tribal warfare that's plagued the continent for so long is the result of an insane number of issues, and the localized peace that would come in the wake of Kony's death would be fleeting.

In the end, Kony 2012 is a symbol of a philosophical debate that's been raging for the past 70 years – whether intervention is justified in war-ravaged regions of the world. Personally, I can't support American intervention in a country that is on its way to recovery, to arrest a man who arguably isn't even a threat anymore. Many of us were opposed to the mission to find Osama bin Laden for very similar reasons, and he was definitely the mastermind behind much worse atrocities than Kony.

[PerpetualImperfexion]

The U.S. Better do something fucking good this time or i will official declare our government a bunch of dumbasses that cat do shit because they dont think its right.


I'm pretty sure they sent some troops their.

I personally think this is all just a big scam. People are making money off of this and I honestly don't see how it benefits anyone. Besides it would be way to much work to show my support anyway.

[Sugaree]

The U.S. Better do something fucking good this time or i will official declare our government a bunch of dumbasses that cat do shit because they dont think its right.

Because nothing gets done if the U.S. isn't involved in every single world problem.

[deadpie]

As much as I hate Joseph Kony, which is quite obvious because one of my most angriest posts on here was towards him, I still had to do my research...

http://i.imgur.com/sbaiR.jpg

source (http://youtu.be/wkB8o5VWAjE?t=4m46s) ""most people view us as a non-profit, a charity. We view ourselves as a business, as a company."

xW3XeT7qavo

Something interesting to consider.

The group is in favour of direct military intervention, and their money supports the Ugandan government’s army and various other military forces...

...Military intervention may or may not be the right idea, but people supporting KONY 2012 probably don’t realize they’re supporting the Ugandan military who are themselves raping and looting away.

The movie feels like it’s about the filmmakers, and not the cause. There’s also something inherently misleading, naive, maybe even dangerous, about the idea of rescuing children or saving of Africa. It’s often not an accidental choice of words, even if it’s unwitting. It hints uncomfortably of the White Man’s Burden. Worse, sometimes it does more than hint.

The idea that popular opinion can be leveraged with viral marketing to induce foreign military intervention is really, really dangerous. It is immoral to try and sell a sanitised vision of foreign intervention that neglects the fact that people will die as a result.

Good source. (http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/kony2012-and-its-critics-0022087)

Another nice thing to read about here. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/2011/03/goodies_and_baddies.html)

This too! (http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/1320/18249/Barry-from-Look-What-I-Did-responds-to-Invisible-Children-Organization.html)

What I'm trying to say is things are more complicated than you think and it's best not to be a sheep, but actually research things.

History Of Foreign Aid In Africa. (https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:hNFRhlLS9R0J:migs.concordia.ca/documents/TurningtheLightsOnRevised.doc+&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiaUJVW9rJLidxpwBkyNAin_L5HFHO0ntuPOf5JftLX3IHYt8diWwcIx9o27LS894Lxn5 oLmJe_OkWZJBJxjJKVSJr7m6_jpxCPeg08eUwNOz1EfwxafdXtpNIGZ0uOc_162Eii&sig=AHIEtbSdfI9LXSulWRTQBP0eRlcAFLXm0Q&pli=1)

EDIT:

I am a researcher based at the Centre of African Studies, Edinburgh University and have been working on northern Uganda since 2009. This includes field work, academic publishing, advising the Foreign Ministry of Finland on the topic (I was based in Helsinki until 2010), and using the case in postgraduate courses I teach on the topics 'Development & Security in Africa' and 'Mineral Extraction in Africa'.

Your blog already cites other experts pointing out that the LRA has been outside Uganda for several years, is far smaller than Invisible Children try to make believe, and that the Ugandan government and army are a deeply problematic ally in their campaign. I second all these points, based on my own research and that of my colleagues.

The Guardian has widely reported recent electoral violence and the persecution of opposition leader, homosexuals and journalists in Uganda. This is clearly sanctioned, even driven by the country's leadership. The persecution of homosexuals is also strongly driven (and funded) by American-based Christian fundamentalist groups, who also see Uganda as a frontline in the cultural war against Islam, thanks to the Museveni regimie's outspoken (and military-strategis) support of the US 'War on Terror'.

There is also wide consensus in the scholarly community on the following facts:

While the extreme atrocities committed by the LRA cannot be justified by any 'political cause', the LRA did originally emerge as a direct reaction to extreme atrocities committed since the late 1980s by the government and armed forces of Uganda against the Acholi people in northern Uganda. The person in charge since 1986 until today is Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni, who is himself a former rebel army leader and came to power by force.

The Ugandan army and military, including members of the family of the president, are known to have cashed in on the country's sending of troops to participate in the civil war of Congo DRC in the 1990s. The enrichment schemes involve the plundering of timber and high-value minerals like gold, diamonds and coltan in eastern DRC and the creation of false payment and pension schemes for army sections that do not exist ('ghost soldiers'). The DRC case led to a high-profile investigation by the UN and in the final report from 2001 Uganda was singled out for its involvement.

Source. (http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2012/mar/08/kony-2012-what-s-the-story)

hpAMbpQ8J7g

Yes, I'm trying to brainwash you into how I think. I'd also like to say RSA ^ is an amazing channel to follow.

[dead]

As much as I hate Joseph Kony, which is quite obvious because one of my most angriest posts on here was towards him, I still had to do my research...

image (http://i.imgur.com/sbaiR.jpg)

source (http://youtu.be/wkB8o5VWAjE?t=4m46s) ""most people view us as a non-profit, a charity. We view ourselves as a business, as a company."

xW3XeT7qavo

Something interesting to consider.





The idea that popular opinion can be leveraged with viral marketing to induce foreign military intervention is really, really dangerous. It is immoral to try and sell a sanitised vision of foreign intervention that neglects the fact that people will die as a result.

Good source. (http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/kony2012-and-its-critics-0022087)

Another nice thing to read about here. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/2011/03/goodies_and_baddies.html)

This too! (http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/1320/18249/Barry-from-Look-What-I-Did-responds-to-Invisible-Children-Organization.html)

What I'm trying to say is things are more complicated than you think and it's best not to be a sheep, but actually research things.[/QUOTE]
So fucking needed in this thread. Never even looked at this thread till you made this post, thank god you did.

[TeddyBearRock]

im supporting

watch this!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://kony2012.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/

[dead]

im supporting

watch this!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://kony2012.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/

Good job at completely ignoring the most important reply in this thread.

[butty_92]

I will support it

[Angel Androgynous]

Read this you guise :) (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/uganda/9131469/Joseph-Kony-2012-growing-outrage-in-Uganda-over-film.html)

[Sugaree]

It took less than a week for people to figure out that this was all fake? Well damn, I guess there IS hope for the human race after all. All the articles and videos of people saying that the LRA has no presence in Uganda are right. The LRA pretty much disappeared quietly and without a trace and are suspected to have fled to the north. No one's even seen Kony for damn near 7 years and it's generally assumed that he's dead. Anyone who's donated to Invisible Children is fucking dumb.

[cdude22]

yep kony is do as much damage as me nowdays

[XxAssasiNxX]

Everywone realised KONY 2012 was the biggest hoax in history. this thing is old now..

[Church]

I think Africa should deal with its own problems

[Professional Russian]

I think africa cant deal with its own problems

[Eclipsical]

I think Africa should deal with its own problems

MOLxfDeBMZo

[JackShephard]

I think the we shouldn't be so American about it. We should be human. So what if they are In africa? Does that mean that we shouldent help? I guess if you wouldn't mind living in a world like that then go right ahead be that selfish. I consider myself very lucky that I was born in such a secure environment.

Now, the invisible children isn't actually a charity so if you feel like you must help the Ugandan kids, I reccomend donating to a more official organization. Do your homework kids! :)

[XxAssasiNxX]

Kony 2012= everywone realised it was a big hoax. but yeh they do have some retarded comments on their its funnt to watch¡

[WickedWeekend]

He's been doing this for 20 years and only now people found out?

Oh... it's a hoax....