Cynics, bask in your cynicism

[mofoburrell]

Does this surprise you?

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[tediousandbrief]

Nope.

[hashishinahooka]

Nope. As I was trying to tell someone on my Facebook Friends' List, the problem with all this activism about things in Africa and people "aiding" Africa is that the help is pulled out almost as quickly as its invested. So, it makes it difficult for African countries to stabilize. That also why I was trying to tell him that if he's really concerned, he should send support to Africans working to change their own countries. They're less likely to decide one day, "This isn't cool. Why do I care?" They also know the situation than some spoiled brat in America who just has a lot of feelings.

[fluorescing]

Not at all.

[starcharmer]

What's a kony?

[reach_the_end]

Yeah, I'm confused too.

[starcharmer]

I was kidding. He was all anyone talked about for a while.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kony

Kony received a surge of attention in early March 2012 when a 30-minute documentary titled Kony 2012 by film maker Jason Russell for the campaign group Invisible Children Inc was released. The intention of the production is to draw attention to Kony in an effort to increase United States involvement in the issue. The Huffington Post commented: "The 27-minute video was posted on Vimeo and YouTube by Invisible Children and became a worldwide trending topic on the Internet. Personally, I have never seen an outpour of support from people on my Facebook news feed like this."

If you weren't paying attention to that kind of thing/don't have a facebook/whatever, I don't blame you for not knowing.

[reach_the_end]

Yeah, I don't have a Facebook. Apparently I'm behind on the trending topics. Thanks for the info. :)

[mofoburrell]

That's a good point about the backlash! I can't remember something happening before where the backlash was that immediate.

[hashishinahooka]

Not only that, there were so many people from Uganda who opined about it publicly. It was nice hearing people in the region actually have a voice in a topic. That helped a lot.