A few days ago I wrote a blog discussing the new Kony 2012 video, in which a group of rich, white guys from San Diego advocate removing an admittedly very evil man from power by force. This blogger/journalist nailed my views on them very well and is reflective of the sentiments that seem to be coming from Uganda itself, where the video has been condemned by virtually everyone who has seen it.
Well after much intense criticism I guess the founder of the group couldn't take the pressure and decided to run around in public, screaming and masturbating.
when asked for comment, Russell replied
"Day destroys the night,
night divides the day. Try to run, try to hide,
break on through to the other side, Break on through
YEEEEAHHHH. uhhhhh
Do Do Do Do Purple Haze!"
While I feel for the guy, I kind of see it as a lesson hard learned. I respect their efforts to get people interested in African problems but a group of young, handsome white kids having more of themselves in their video than the intended target and advocating neo-colonialist intervention was going to get some (a lot) of criticism. Especially when the video was so misleading about Kony and even where he is located.
As to the video and campaign, it's dead in the water. This guy will finally be told no (something that I think has never happened to him before) and hopefully will learn the 10 million likes on facebook doesn't amount to anything. If he can bounce back and start a real policy that actually engages with the people they want to help, or inspires someone else to then I'd be the first to applaud him or them, but for now Invisible Children is destined for a trivia show twenty years down the line ("Invisible Children was: A- a number one hit in 1968. B- the number one internet video of 2012 or C- a low budget horror movie from 1988, you have 15 seconds").
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