Kony 2012

[guthriearmstrong]

I think there's one thing we can all agree on - Kony is a little bitch.
also - this is a cute little album I've assembled for this thread; enjoy.http://imgur.com/a/5b3pJ#0

I love the, "someone is wrong on the internet" comic. I know that feeling, bro.

[Sebiale]

I think there's one thing we can all agree on - Kony is a little bitch.
also - this is a cute little album I've assembled for this thread; enjoy.http://imgur.com/a/5b3pJ#0

1 and 2 were OK, fairly funny.
The ice cream and the koala bear I just didn't get, 6 is w/e.

But 3 . . . I mean, I know the internet has some cesspools of tasteless material . . . but that is really insensitive. I don't think anything needs to be done, just saying: wow.

[geckosquid]

Now, I'm not saying that Kony isn't a heartless bastard who deserves to die, but I dislike any effort that makes an antagonist out of a single person. Something's too simple about it.

[Sebiale]

Now, I'm not saying that Kony isn't a heartless bastard who deserves to die, but I dislike any effort that makes an antagonist out of a single person. Something's too simple about it.

A opposed to what?

[squiggley1]

Now, I'm not saying that Kony isn't a heartless bastard who deserves to die, but I dislike any effort that makes an antagonist out of a single person. Something's too simple about it.

A opposed to what?

It could be a scam praying on our emotions seeing as the LRA hasn't had activity for the past 8 years... I'm still gonna advertise this though.

[Sebiale]

Now, I'm not saying that Kony isn't a heartless bastard who deserves to die, but I dislike any effort that makes an antagonist out of a single person. Something's too simple about it.

A opposed to what?

It could be a scam praying on our emotions seeing as the LRA hasn't had activity for the past 8 years... I'm still gonna advertise this though.

They've been lying low for a while, but it's hardly been 8 years.

[partyars]

http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/

[Sebiale]

http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/

I already linked that . . .

[partyars]

http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/

I already linked that . . .

Oh, so that's where I got it from then.

[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.