“Joseph Kony deserves to be put in cuffs and dragged before the ICC. Raising the profile of the heinous nature of the guy’s crimes is awesome. The idea that popular opinion can be leveraged with viral marketing to induce foreign military intervention is really, really dangerous. It is immoral to try and sell a sanitised vision of foreign intervention that neglects the fact that people will die as a result. That goes for politicians as much as for Jason Russell.”
The main mission of #Kony2012 is to make him known to the world. The film, the movement, and even the criticism have all done that. But once this project is in a position to truly ACT and influence the resolution of this conflict, it needs to speak more with sound logic than with sweeping rhetoric.
I’ve been involved with this non-profit since high school. I night-commuted, displaced, and abducted myself to understand and make others aware of the horrors innocent people are facing in central Africa. I limited my involvement a couple years ago when I researched some of the shadier aspects of Invisible Children, but nonetheless, believe this war criminal needs to be brought to justice.
Thoughts?
