Joseph Kony 2012

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smart. this american is smart. how many people actually realize that most of the money is not gonna even go to charity?

really eye opening but sad to know that this kind of thing is still going on in the world today...

Definitely support the capture Kony cause, but think twice before handing over any money to the charity.

It also appears that the motives of Invisible Children may no longer be entirely altruistic. Three founders collectively received over 1/4 million dollars in payment… wages?… in 2011 alone. On top of that, the charity holds significant assets, including: $750,000 in computer equipment, nearly $290,000 in transportation equipment, and over $175,000 in video camera and recording equipment. One estimate puts the percentage of donations to Invisible Children that actually goes to Ugandan efforts at around 32%.

A request from the Better Business Bureau, a voluntary accreditation for charities, has been met with passive resistance from Invisible Children, who have so far declined an evaluation, which the BBB says demonstrates “a lack of commitment to transparency”.

Part of a critical response to the video with other arguments: lunamagazine.com.au/slider/13511

its easy for people to jump band wagons and think arresting this Kony guy will solve the problem in the blink of an eye. The ruthless guy has brain-washed thousands of his followers. It would be another Vietnam or Afghanistan War for any country to jump into Uganda. However, its nice for the world to have an awareness of conflicts going on around the world so kudos to the guy for making the video, however inaccurate and flawed it may be.

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Dubious Finances

From "Visible Children":

"Invisible Children has been condemned time and time again. As a registered not-for-profit, its finances are public. Last year, the organization spent $8,676,614. Only 32% went to direct services (page 6), with much of the rest going to staff salaries, travel and transport, and film production. This is far from ideal, and Charity Navigator rates their accountability 2/4 stars because they haven't had their finances externally audited. But it goes way deeper than that.

Exaggerated Claims

From Foreign Affairs magazine:

In their campaigns, such organizations [as Invisible Children] have manipulated facts for strategic purposes, exaggerating the scale of LRA abductions and murders and emphasizing the LRA's use of innocent children as soldiers, and portraying Kony — a brutal man, to be sure — as uniquely awful, a Kurtz-like embodiment of evil.

Support for Military Intervention

From "Visible Children:"

The group is in favour of direct military intervention, and their money supports the Ugandan government's army and various other military forces. Here's a photo of the founders of Invisible Children posing with weapons and personnel of the Sudan People's Liberation Army. Both the Ugandan army and Sudan People's Liberation Army are riddled with accusations of rape and looting, but Invisible Children defends them, arguing that the Ugandan army is "better equipped than that of any of the other affected countries", although Kony is no longer active in Uganda and hasn't been since 2006 by their own admission. These books each refer to the rape and sexual assault that are perennial issues with the UPDF, the military group Invisible Children is defending.

Marketing Tactics

From Yale Professor Chris Blattman:

"[The video] feels much the same, laced with more macho bravado. The movie feels like it's about the filmmakers, and not the cause. There might be something to the argument that American teenagers are more likely to relate to an issue through the eyes of a peer. That's the argument that was made after the first film. It's not entirely convincing, especially given the distinctly non-teenage political influence IC now has. The cavalier first film did the trick. Maybe now it's time to start acting like grownups.

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There are a few other things that are troubling. It's questionable whether one should be showing the faces of child soldiers on film. And watching the film one gets the sense that the US and IC were instrumental in getting the peace talks to happen. These things diminish credibility more than anything.

"Invisible Children is staffed by douchebags" (A woman after my own heart.)

From Vice:

"Now when I first watched the Kony 2012 video, there was a horrible pang of self-knowledge as I finally grasped quite how shallow I am. I found it impossible to completely overlook the smug indie-ness of it all. It reminded me of a manipulative technology advert, or the Kings of Leon video where they party with black families, or the 30 Seconds to Mars video where all the kids talk about how Jared Leto's music saved their lives. I mean, watch the first few seconds of this again. It's pompous twaddle with no relevance to fucking anything."

I have seen 2 other threads for this video already lol please don't make anymore >.<

drakkeness wrote: I have seen 2 other threads for this video already lol please don't make anymore >.<

Delete it?

Jossie wrote: WHY ISN'T ANYONE TALKING ABOUT THIS !!!?????

This is what matters ! This is now !!! Where are out values our love for one another !?

Let us forget about childish things and change the world ! We can do t . We are not fools, we are human! We have LOVE.

Let's make children safe again.

Please.

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How do you feel about this? Do you think it's a faux?

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please realize that 70% of the money is not going to charity...

man these americans are getting smarter and smarter at making money