SHOULD I DONATE MONEY TO KONY 2012 OR NOT?

So you probably woke up this morning to discover that something called Kony 2012 had taken over the internet. In case you haven’t worked it out yet, Kony 2012 is a film produced by the charity Invisible Children, raising awareness about the child soldiers of Uganda.

And that’s good, right? Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army abduct children and convert them into murderers. They’ve been doing it for years and it’s good that someone’s trying to raise Kony’s profile so that American politicians might be forced into doing something about this endless tragedy, right?

Well, it’s more complex than that.

Read the full article here

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   I WONDER HOW THIS IS GOING

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   wtf is this real lol?

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    “But, maybe I was wrong to. Chris Blattman, who’s an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Economics at Yale,...

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    Interesting. M.

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    since I posted the video yesterday, I think it’s important to see another side of the story. Very interesting read. Let...

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    Don’t get my wrong, I support the Kony 2012 cause but I like being as informed as possible about subjects.

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    let’s just throw it out there… this brings up the issue of a deep history of the White Man’s Burden and the...

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