Kony 2012

[geckosquid]

I think I've pieced together the reason I don't like this. It gives a face to all of these evils. A single face. This isn't the worst guy in Africa right now, but it seems like the people of the U.S. want to go occupy Uganda after this video. It provides one person for everyone to point their fingers at and say, "He is the worst human being on the planet!" I feel like people are using the video as means to look politically aware, as well. As we know, the video doesn't provide all the facts, either, which is worrying.

Basically, Joseph Kony is not the freaking singular earthly embodiment of all things evil, nor is he the worst of the lot that can be called that. Support the cause if you feel like it, but if you're really the world-aware individual that you make yourself seem like by sharing the video, then do some research on the subject to get all sides of it. This is not the only horrible thing happening in the world right now. Just because the organization made a YouTube video doesn't mean it's the most tragic and important event you could be turning your attention to.

(This is aimed at the millions of people who think otherwise.)

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Final point: Kony 2012 brings out what's wrong with the world in more ways than one. It shows great acts of evil, yes, but it also proves that the world's issues apparently need to be put on YouTube for them to be noticed by the younger population. This needs to change.