Kony Campaign going downhill fast...

iSmokeweed

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failsauce

Mar 15 2012 1:01PM

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Casual.

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it will be a good day when i don't have to see this shit plastered all over websites anymore.

Mar 15 2012 1:01PM

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Anathema

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yo that dude that had his arm blown off had it right.

"if you want to help, DONT wear shirts with kony's face on them. that just celebrates our suffering"

fucking sucks that there are people like kony in this world, and it really sucks that so many people have to suffer as the people of uganda seem to have been for some time, but is this mass publicized hipster movement really a solution?

it's great that people want to help, but do you actually want to help or do you just want to look like you want to help so you can fall asleep at night telling yourself you're a good person? i really can't question the intentions of these guys, but it's looking like this whole kony2012 thing is doing more harm than it is good at this point. it's too bad. i'm sure there are lots of people who do actually want to help.

and huge vibes to all the people whose lives have been ruined as a consequence of living in an underprivileged or corrupt area of the world. it's disheartening to know that humans can treat other humans this way. it really is.

Mar 15 2012 1:05PM

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fujarome

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the whole thing effectively disappeared a week after it first popped up.

Facebook as a whole has an attention span of about 2 days. For 48hrs, facebook was all about killing kony. Then people started playing farmville or something, and completely forgot. Now it's gone forever.

Also didn't help that the group who created the video apparently didn't realize that people like to check out the background of a charity before donating.

Mar 15 2012 1:10PM

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jca

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so true.

if you want to help, donate to a legit non profit that is helping rebuild uganda. that will have a much greater positive effect on the quality of life there.

Mar 15 2012 1:14PM

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Anathema

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@th1337

or help by publicizing what's happening and ask that people donate to those agencies rather than donate to YOU for a fucking little loot bag full of tshirts and stickers and shit.

or take it a step farther and help by actually volunteering to do something on your own time by your own means.

Mar 15 2012 1:26PM

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J.D.

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@th1337

It may be going downhill fast but it doesn't matter. They've already got their massive influx of donations. The guy in that vid from Invisible Children comes off like a complete idiot. It's pretty scary that they have the resources now to make an impact in that region.

Mar 15 2012 1:32PM

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