The Kony Controversy

I wrote a Kony post ages ago, after Ali mentioned it. But I decided to hold on until today - the 20th April, 2012 aka 'Cover the Night', - well, rather tonight, where our streets are supposed to get plastered in posters.

Thankfully, I wasn't the only one who remembered, news.com.au did as well, and wrote an excellent article, viewed here:
http://www.news.com.au/national/its-kony-night-wait-kony-whos-that-again/story-e6frfkvr-1226334418948

I do not mean ANY offense to anyone through this blog post. I just think it is incredibly interesting that people think that they can change the world with just a click of a mouse. While what they achieved was admirable (poke fun at the campaign all you want, but the numbers speak for themselves), at the same time you can't help but wonder how many people actually know what they're talking about.

Well, I found the PERFECT picture on Pinterest which defies the purpose of my post, and completely defines all those people who never actually cared about ANYTHING political until if you didn't like it on facebook, you looked like you were either ignorant, cynical or insensitive.

All the hype has died down, thank heavens, because if I had to hear another rant about how I'm a bad person for not increasing awareness, I would have snapped. I, like many others, am wondering how all the Kony hype will fare after 1) Jason Russell's breakdown and 2) the month-long lack of Kony statuses.

Also, for additional info..

http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/ is an excellent analysis of the Kony campaign.