It’s really surprising me the amount of vehemence going into attacking the Kony 2012 movement. Some real hardcore propaganda is going to town on this.
One of the folks I follow recently shared this article, calling the Kony 2012 campaign a “phony youth movement.” Yet when you read the piece it gives no evidence for their statements.
“While KONY 2012 attempts to portray itself as an indigenous activist movement bent on bringing justice to African children, its parent organization is affiliated with the upper echelon of the US corporate media and a network of foundation-funded pro-war civil society groups with a long history of fomenting pro-US regime change under the banner of democratic institution building.”
The link they provide leads to a NYT article about the US sending advisers to Uganda to help combat the LRA. Note, they provide no sources or evidence for the supposed affiliation with the corporate media. Making statements like that is some bullshit journalism.
Once again. I do not support a military solution for this problem. I DO support using this great opportunity to start a real dialogue about the problems in Africa and what we are responsible for. I think my fellow tumblr friends would be doing a better service doing that than just attacking a social movement.