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Kony 2012

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SpaghettiWizard
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Who remembers this? I don't. Paint the night or whatever, I won't.
Apr 19 2012 5:40PM
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Aidan-G
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I called everyone on facebook out. I said stop liking the video and send money to something that matters. I said that Invisible Children was a scam and there are better places to donate. Somehow that meant I was supporting genocide
Apr 19 2012 5:42PM
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SpaghettiWizard
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No shame in supporting genocide.
Apr 19 2012 5:43PM
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Lick
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Same here, it's fucking bullshit.
Apr 19 2012 5:45PM
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cubber
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gotta support some cides now and then
Apr 19 2012 5:45PM
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maximiliaan
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stupid kids on facebook telling me to save justice etc etc and then they go on holiday not giving a single fuck. come back home and start bitching and whining that we have to do something and then it wasnt cool anymore to promote konyshizzle so they quit doing that. im going to sleep now kthxbye
Apr 19 2012 5:47PM
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howlongcanausern
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this graph explains it all:

http://www.google.com/trends/?q=kony&ctab=0&geo=all&date=2012-3&sort=0
Apr 19 2012 5:49PM
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Aidan-G
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Oh I'm going to use this
Apr 19 2012 5:52PM
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Dr.Gonzo
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this, also i bet everyone forgot. i'd be surprised if i saw a single poster tomorrow.
Apr 19 2012 6:19PM
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kebbek
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I will go and remove every single posters.
Apr 19 2012 6:26PM
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Cufe.
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Apr 19 2012 6:27PM
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.squirrely.
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hahahahahahah
Apr 19 2012 6:29PM
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ZGR
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Combo of nobody actually gave a fuck and spanking it in public lead to abandonment
Apr 19 2012 6:31PM
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MountainManDan
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if there is a poster, I will personally cover them all with this.
Apr 19 2012 6:33PM
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.AR6rider.
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I think this one is pretty amusing as well.

http://www.google.com/trends/?q=tupac&ctab=0&geo=all&date=2012-4&sort=0
Apr 19 2012 6:33PM
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SpaghettiWizard
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Lol I'm about to google tupac all night just to off set the graph
Apr 19 2012 11:53PM
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saxon
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damn i was kinda intrigued to see if the Kony ppl would clash with the 4/20 ppl…that could have yielded some interesting results.
Apr 20 2012 12:45AM
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JDUB28
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shits important.


Apr 20 2012 12:50AM
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Literature
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Step 1: Put on Guy Fawkes mask.
Step 2: Tear that shit to pieces.
Apr 20 2012 1:56AM
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volvotom
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http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/412210/jackin-it-in-san-diego
Apr 21 2012 10:33AM
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PopsicleStand
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Apr 21 2012 10:37AM
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NinetyFour
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Did anyone even see any posters an banners and shit in their town? I knew of 21 person who was going to partake in te stupid bullshit...
Apr 21 2012 10:42AM
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wellthisisold
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Haha. there's also a bunch of chicks at my school who were obsessed wit it for a week, then totally forgot it ever happened.
Apr 21 2012 10:45AM
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NinetyFour
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Wow fuck I can't spell. Only 1 person. Not 21.
Apr 21 2012 10:51AM
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saxon
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From Ottawa, ON, i haven't seen any yet. And i had heard of a few ppl who were coming up from Niagara Falls for it… lol
Apr 21 2012 12:27PM
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Simmo
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I saw one banner in calgary this morning
Apr 21 2012 1:07PM
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blackmamba.
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yeah, i didn't see any either this morning...mind you, i wasn't really looking.
Apr 21 2012 1:17PM
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NinetyFour
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Lol. Yeah went out this morning didn't see anything. Mind you I live in Manitoba.....
Apr 21 2012 1:21PM
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Kangbang
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I called out people on twitter. I saw 1 poster last night in starbucks. That's it. Everyone was so hyped for it. No one followed through. I bought posters, but then when I saw that video of him wanking it, I cancelled my order.
Apr 21 2012 1:26PM
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eldridge
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i lold
Apr 21 2012 1:27PM
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SpaghettiWizard
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I saw like 10 in Chicago, 8 of which were on train pillars and probably put up by the same person.
Apr 21 2012 3:42PM
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ABdrummer
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http://queensjournal.ca/story/2012-04-21/news/11-participate-in-queens-kony-2012/
It's statements like these that piss me off.

“I don’t care about the politics. I don’t care about the budget. I don’t care about all that. What we are here for is to bring awareness to 30,000 children who don’t have a future. That’s all we care about.” Baker said. “You don’t have to support the cause to support the idea. If you want to hate, that’s great. That shows you don’t care about children.”

Yep you got me I obviously don't care about children.


Apr 21 2012 5:18PM
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Cotter
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saxon, me and jacob were down in westboro today and it looked like ONE guy went around putting stickers everywhere and taped one poster.
Apr 21 2012 5:32PM
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Mr.Sloth
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I got the most epic face raping when i started posting anti-Kony stuff... then more and more of my friends started to oppose it and now everyone is against it.
Apr 21 2012 5:39PM
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TOAST.
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thats why you canceled your order? Out of all the reason you would have not to support them, that is the one you chose?
Apr 21 2012 5:48PM
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Applejack
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Invisible Children were not only a scam, pulling on the heartstrings of the ignorant hipsters that pay attention to such viral media, but they also further Christian influence in African nations, creating a far worse problem than child infantries: Systematic denial of human rights to anyone they consider outside the line of God's rule. This includes children, men, women, elderly, lgbt, or anything else they can think of to discriminate against. Religion in Africa has fucked things up for good.
Apr 21 2012 5:55PM
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pointandshoot
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100% this - I've heard that one of the founders of Invisible Children is a hardcore evangelical

apart from religion. The whole "white savior" mentality has done far more harm than good in Africa... staring with colonialism
Apr 21 2012 6:03PM
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saxon
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hahaha what a joke. i expected OttawaU, IF anywhere, to be covered with them. i haven't seen one today.
Apr 21 2012 6:52PM
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SpaghettiWizard
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lost
Apr 21 2012 7:51PM
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TallTeeNation
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Apr 21 2012 8:04PM
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Cotter
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lost
Apr 21 2012 9:56PM
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Karkoskier
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My friends and I all did the same, but people didn't say we supported genocide. They said we were assholes, then it slowly started to stop the more they realized we were right.
Apr 21 2012 10:08PM
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Literature
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Dumbfucks put them up on Main Street in my hometown.

People that did no extra research about this got screwed. The war they purported was still in action ended six years ago. The LRA compromises maybe 250 soldiers now, and is spread out amongst several countries surrounding Uganda. Invisible Children spends 20% of their donations on overhead, marketing, and payroll for their staff. Any respectable charity follows the norm of 10%. Not to mention the nice dose of white man's burden: buy these posters, and you save Africa.

Dumbfucks. This stuff makes me furious.
Apr 21 2012 10:46PM
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Look
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My town is plastered with this bullshit. So sick of it and how long does it take people to realize it's fake? *facepalm*
Apr 21 2012 10:57PM
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PacificRimJob
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I'm voting Kony for president this year, but If Romney picks hologram-2pac as his vp candidate, I'll become a republican.


In yo face, 2012!!!
Apr 24 2012 3:47AM
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A-Mac.
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I went sidewalk bowling when they were doing Paint the Night.
Apr 24 2012 2:08PM
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