Part pseudo-activism, hipster trend, and do-gooderism. The online movement to ‘stop’ Kony appears more like a presidential campaign where Kony is the supported leader.
What can ordinary people like you and I do? Well that’s simple. You can buy a bracelet for $30, you can waste your time by posting up ‘stop Kony’ posters in your local neighborhood – alongside the more relevant lost dog posters. You can continue donating money to the campaign to fund yet more short documentaries.
I do give credit to the organizers though. They have lucrative film deals, public relations and marketing careers ahead of them.
If people really are moved by the victims of the LRA in Uganda then the focus should be on the children, not in making a warlord appear like a symbolic hero as the Internet memes suggest.
Enough ranting, this article from Foreign Policy states the facts: http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/03/07/guest_post_joseph_kony_is_not_in_uganda_and_other_complicated_things
Give 2012 back to Obama, Kony isn’t running for President.