- Many were instantly swept away by the message of the video and it quickly went viral with plenty of celebrity supporters.
this is not a joke. this is serious. TOGETHER we can #MakeAChange and #STOPKONY - help another kid in need! - youtu.be/Y4MnpzG5Sqc
RT @KidsOfUganda: Watch and Share! Please do your part and help spread the word about this injustice. #STOPKONY s3.amazonaws.com/kony2012/kony.…
@laurencassie have watched the film. Had them on show last year.Made big donation. #KONY2012- Despite celebrity backing, not everyone warmed up to the #StopKony campaign.
#StopKony2012 is targeting privileged,educated,mostly white youth to care abt Africa by fighting LRA.I expect a more nuanced formula by now.
#stopkony reinforces a dangerous, centuries-old idea that Africans are helpless & idealistic Westerners must save them bit.ly/xhCloj- The article Justin Phillips links to gives some insight to the situation:
“What that video says is totally wrong, and it can cause us more problems than help us,” said Dr Beatrice Mpora, director of Kairos, a community health organisation in Gulu, a town that was once the centre of the rebels’ activities.
“There has not been a single soul from the LRA here since 2006. Now we have peace, people are back in their homes, they are planting their fields, they are starting their businesses. That is what people should help us with.”
- A few were moved to create video responses.
- Many articles were written that brought the motives and facts of the campaign into question.
The Problems with 'Stop Kony'Joseph Kony is an awful human being, and thanks to the charity Invisible Children, you may already know that by now. The filmmaking organ...- You Don't Have My VoteBy now, you must have heard of the viral video created by Invisible Children (IC), a U.S. organization that has launched a one-year campa...
Fact Checking The 'Kony 2012' Viral Video : NPRKony 2012 is not your usual viral video. A thirty-minute film by the nonprofit group Invisible Children, it hopes to raise support for th...- We got trouble.You do not need to ask my permission to share this. Please link it widely. I do not doubt for a second that those involved in KONY 2012 h...
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