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KONY 2012

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yes.
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I highly suggest that you take a little time out of your day to watch this,
Mar 6 2012 1:38AM
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TehJam
Posts: 26 - Karma: 10
Ugandan evil man is really evil and yea. Guy has good cause, wants to raise awareness for this so it gets. The government involved or something. Guy doesn't realize that our government can't turn a profi t from it. ^^^^
Mar 7 2012 12:07AM
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DR.SHRED
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even better 5 words....... hipsters whining on the internet
Mar 7 2012 12:08AM
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TehJam
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Sorry for 4 sentences, mobile sucks.
Mar 7 2012 12:08AM
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Blindsurfer
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thats not fucking funny. in any way whatsoever. i was about to make a thread of this, this is a serious issue that needs to be stopped
Mar 7 2012 12:09AM
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Blindsurfer
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the whole point is to get it recognized so that a military force actually does something you fucking idiot
Mar 7 2012 12:10AM
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hardig1234
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this guys just trying to screw with 4/20 but i support everything else
Mar 7 2012 12:11AM
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hardig1234
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^this
Mar 7 2012 12:13AM
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GayWolf420
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This. I hate to say it but it seems like its going to be another one of those things everybody is going to flood our facebook newfeeds and twitter feeds instead of actually trying to do something as opposed to posting it all over the internet.
Mar 7 2012 12:13AM
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HomieJon
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The hope is with the floods comes donations.
Mar 7 2012 12:27AM
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TehJam
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My Facebook is currently 75% KONY. Hoo-fucking-ray
Mar 7 2012 12:28AM
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Steve-Brown
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i think his argument would be, what's worse, a bunch of lil nigglets gettin killed and killing?
or a few other nigglets that don't have a home?

that's prolly his argument...not in that exact context , but i agree completely, i was telling my gf how shit should get fixed here before we figure out stuff in other countries. we aren't superman and can't be everywhere fixing every problem.

totally agree.....the kony things a good cause and i also told my gf that there's always a #2 soo, killing kony doesn't mean this would end. it would all have to be eradicated in one foul swoop (which it won't) soo....it's really a waste of time and money......good cause..but the shit will never end...
as my english teacher said
"you can kill a man, but you can't kill what he stood for"
Mar 7 2012 12:29AM
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tbayskier
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check out their audits on the invisible children website - about half of the almost 14 million they collected last year went to advertising and salaries.  now that is some serious bullshit people
Mar 7 2012 12:33AM
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GayWolf420
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It's roughly going to be like 70% posting and 30% donating.
Mar 7 2012 12:49AM
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Moosen
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Anyone who is hating on or making fun of this is just straight up a dick. Now is not the time to try and be internet cool.
Mar 7 2012 12:52AM
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GayWolf420
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I'm not hating, I'm just voicing my opinion. It's funny because this has been happening for decades and now people are just now starting to take action.
Mar 7 2012 12:57AM
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tbayskier
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what he said
Mar 7 2012 12:58AM
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CrotchKiller
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haha ya man i hat when you build your whole city below water line next to an ocean and one of those pesky hurricanes comes along and messes everything up.
Mar 7 2012 1:00AM
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DR.SHRED
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i call jumping on the konky train as of now called being internet cool. like they said he has been doing this for what 20 years? why all the sudden is every one starting to care.

dont get me wrong its not right what hes doing but "liking" or tweeting about it wont do shit. other countries need to start fighting their own battles, you didnt see any one going after osoma. the usa wouldnt benefit one bit from taking this guy down.
Mar 7 2012 1:02AM
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Moosen
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You are so fucking ignorant and a self righteous motherfucker. Do you even know what the word humble means?

People didn't know how to take action, the world needed a leader, and the video showed us what to do. So shut the fuck up.
Mar 7 2012 1:08AM
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gigi.d
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Pretty inspirational. Just watched the video before i saw this thread. Some of the responses in here are pretty ridiculous.
Mar 7 2012 1:11AM
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k-rob
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yeah i'm pretty sure the "internet cool" (whatever that is) thing to do right now is to act like you care about Uganda even if the only thing you know about it is this Kony character and you only just heard about him today.
Mar 7 2012 1:12AM
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Moosen
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Even if 1 million people act like they care. and only 10% of them did something about it, that is still 100,000 people... sooooo yeah
Mar 7 2012 1:14AM
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CrotchKiller
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the whole point is to get people to know about Kony. Did you miss that part?
Mar 7 2012 1:14AM
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CluckaChuck
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I truly do feel sorry for whats going on there and think its good other people are concerned, but this whole social media movement just makes people feel better about themselves. If you want to actually do something then maybe go to Africa and fight for freedom and rights. Posting repetitively on facebook will do nothing. The government could really care less about whats going on there and the economic state north america is heading, nothing will be done about it.
Mar 7 2012 1:15AM
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Moosen
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this
Mar 7 2012 1:15AM
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95959
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Further proof that nobody gives a shit until Facebook tells them to...
Mar 7 2012 1:16AM
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k-rob
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the fact that these people didn't know about him 5 years ago proves they don't actually give a damn about anything that goes on in the world.
Mar 7 2012 1:16AM
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CluckaChuck
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Notice who we can't afford to stay in the middle east any longer? What makes you think we can afford to make an act in Africa? If NATO or the US government really cared this whole issue would be resolved in a week.
Mar 7 2012 1:17AM
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cobra_commander
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Funny, how a simple google search, proves that your are a complete fucking idiot.
Mar 7 2012 1:17AM
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Moosen
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I knew about it 5 years ago, but did I know what to do about it? No. It took this for people to actually take action.

And because somebody was not hipster like you and didn't know about something 5 years before everybody else, means they don't actually care? my the ignorance is strong with this one.
Mar 7 2012 1:19AM
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k-rob
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funny how that doesn't change a thing.
Mar 7 2012 1:19AM
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k-rob
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this entire website thinks you're a fucking idiot and that doesn't change anything either.
Mar 7 2012 1:20AM
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DR.SHRED
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just saying what no one else can say. and what will putting up a bunch of posters on 4.20 do? you seem to know the right answer
Mar 7 2012 1:22AM
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cobra_commander
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Those ~100 are not exactly your average Marine Expeditionary force... There are lots of countries in the world where we have 2-100 guys, Those guys are pretty damn good at their job.
Mar 7 2012 1:23AM
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CrotchKiller
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why does it matter when you find out? people that find out now are making less of an impact?
Mar 7 2012 1:24AM
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k-rob
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the fact that this guy is still laughing after 20 years pretty much shows what "spreading awareness" has done.
Mar 7 2012 1:25AM
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Moosen
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Inform even more people of the cause obviously.
Mar 7 2012 1:26AM
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DR.SHRED
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Mar 7 2012 1:27AM
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MicroMix
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My prediction:
-Facebook gets flooded with this stuff for a week
-It starts dying down
-Goes away until April 20th then comes back. Lots of riots start if everyone floods the streets
-Dies down after another week
-Everyone forgets about it
Mar 7 2012 1:27AM
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MicroMix
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Double post, but it'll be interesting to see if anything happens.
Mar 7 2012 1:28AM
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DR.SHRED
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or just litter our streets
Mar 7 2012 1:30AM
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zerospinskier
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This is all I see when I hear you people arguing against trying to help.

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Mar 7 2012 1:31AM
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BlackCupid
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Why don't we just send in the sniper from cod4?
Mar 7 2012 1:35AM
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Keith_M
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I'm astounded at how much hate you can direct at the maker of this film, and how many faults with his plan you all dredge up. His efforts are obviously having positive effects. If you don't like the way he's
Mar 7 2012 1:35AM
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GayWolf420
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This. I fully support the KONY stuff but I'm tired of people makin up excuses to why they haven't helped yet. Yeah so they had no orders or someone telling them what to do but a lot of remarkable shit has Happened with no orders or authority. It most seems as If this video is a social experiment.
Mar 7 2012 1:35AM
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Keith_M
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going about trying to help, then find a better way yourself before hating on him.
Mar 7 2012 1:36AM
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Moosen
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this
Mar 7 2012 1:37AM
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pelle_munch
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I don't think some of you understand that its not only about the whole KONY thing. its about what social media can be used for. the power of it, and what it can be used for. instead of fucking complaining about what more important things people should care about, just take things one step at a time and use this as an experiment to see what we can use social media for

NS is just a fucking shitstorm when it comes to this kinda stuff
Mar 7 2012 1:40AM
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GayWolf420
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Also how do we know after we take this dude down someone won't take his place?
Mar 7 2012 1:53AM
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k-rob
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if anybody on this site who can actually afford to donate to helping people in other countries really wants to, i'm just gonna go ahead and recommend Doctors Without Borders, a secular humanitarian-aid non-governmental organization that i personally donate to monthly.

https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/

although it is a tiny bit more difficult than posting facebook statuses.
Mar 7 2012 1:53AM
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