Remember that time we ended child abuse by changing all our profile pics to cartoon characters? Or that time we eradicated breast cancer by posting our favorite bra color and not telling anyone what the post meant? And how about that time we ended autism because we changed our pics to puzzle pieces?
Now that we don't have to worry about THOSE anymore, we'll turn our sights to Kony.
Wait, what? Those things are ALL still around, and "awareness power" was just useless sloganeering designed to make people feel good when they haven't ACTUALLY done anything? Color me shocked!
Ugandans Are Upset With KONY 2012: Do You Support the Campaign?
SodaHead News
2012/03/16 13:00:00
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Invisible Children's KONY 2012 campaign went viral almost immediately, urging millions of people to help the advocate group bring Joseph Kony to justice by making his warpath known. But almost as quickly as it started, critics began to question its motives. Even after watching Jason Russell's 30-minute video, the facts were muddy and a little bit suspicious. Now the Ugandan people, whom KONY 2012 claims to speak for, are offering their own response. And it isn't pretty.
According to an al Jazeera report released on Tuesday, affected Ugandans are equal parts confused and frustrated with the campaign. One told the network, "If people in those countries care about us, they will not wear tee shirts with pictures of Joseph Kony for any reason. That would celebrate our suffering." Others say the video is inaccurate, offensive, self-serving, and misleading.
Rosebell Kagumire, a Ugandan journalist, warns of a dangerous mindset. She told ABC News, "This video seems to say that the power lies in America, and it does not lie with my government, it does not lie with local initiatives on the ground. It is furthering that narrative about Africans: totally unable to help themselves and needing outside help all the time."
According to an al Jazeera report released on Tuesday, affected Ugandans are equal parts confused and frustrated with the campaign. One told the network, "If people in those countries care about us, they will not wear tee shirts with pictures of Joseph Kony for any reason. That would celebrate our suffering." Others say the video is inaccurate, offensive, self-serving, and misleading.
Rosebell Kagumire, a Ugandan journalist, warns of a dangerous mindset. She told ABC News, "This video seems to say that the power lies in America, and it does not lie with my government, it does not lie with local initiatives on the ground. It is furthering that narrative about Africans: totally unable to help themselves and needing outside help all the time."
Read More: http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/15/ugandans-protest...
Top Opinion
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Mateo 2012/03/16 15:26:28
The United States government makes a fortune selling weapons globally.
And remember who Al Jazeera is, the organization reporting this story. They are the ones the terrorists groups sent their tapes to showing groups holding persons as hostage and/or executing them. All of which Al Jazeera plays for the radical Muslim community. So there's no wonder the Ugandans on the ground are confused when such entities as these are there trying to interfere with the implementation of a good thing.
When Washington knows there's citizen support for the Ugandans, they will continue to support or increase American Special Forces activity in the area helping the Ugandans bring Kony to justice.
Either way though, I don't believe we should be sticking our nose where it doesn't belong. We're just getting out of one war and need to focus on our own country and improving it. Not dig up another reason to interfere any where else until asked.
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Not to mention, with all the pictures and "Kony 2012" stuff, I thought Kony was a good thing until I read up a little bit. The images and propaganda doesn't seem very clear to me on whether kony himself is being supported or stopped. That in itself makes me sketchy about the whole deal.
That I understand. But the whole thing being run by white saviors, no.
We should just let them solve their problem and help if they need us.
Very good post as usual. And thank you.