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Kony 2012 campaign sparks backlash

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2 years ago

March 30, 2024

http://www.euronews.com/ The “Kony 2012” campaign to capture a Ugandan warlord has sparked a backlash in the country and in the United States. Some experts say the video over-simplifies the regional conflict and is patronising towards the people it is meant to help.

Emira Woods of the Washington-based Institute for Policy Studies said: “The overall message of video – that Americans, young, well meaning, can change the face of history – I think strips away understanding that is critical in 21st century of Africans, of people taking their destiny into their own hands.”

Ugandan authorities are also up in arms over the video that has gone viral on the internet, because they say the situation on the ground now is completly different.

Ugandan Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi said: “This is an account of a historical fact but that is not coming out. It gives the impression that Uganda is still at war, people are still displaced, those many children are still out sleeping on the streets in Gulu and of course this not true.”

But critics and Invisble Children, the group behind the video do agree that supporters of the project should broaden their knowledge about a series of complex issues.

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March 30, 2024 at 2:39 pm

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@WesternRevolutions

March 30, 2024 at 2:39 pm

0:40 Africans take control of your destiny….meanwhile western nations are raped by diversity nazis and international finance…

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@azzuri09

March 30, 2024 at 2:39 pm

@bertmarx4ever i couldnt have summed it better,you hit a jackpot with this comment

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@mstoliarov

March 30, 2024 at 2:39 pm

Americans … will u ever stop??? We can live without you!!! We can solve our complex issues without your help!!!

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@2dogarageoxo

March 30, 2024 at 2:39 pm

The campaign identified the legions who knee-jerk through life and brought a whole new set of spooks to light, people like George Clooney and Angelina Jolie…

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@XngelAMV

March 30, 2024 at 2:39 pm

@grahamzhiser Here is the bottom line, and this I heard from a true Ugandan, not some Liberal, white "Do-Gooder" with his adorable son. And she said: Kony 2012 is bullshit! and she said what is happening in Syria is 3x worse.

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@XngelAMV

March 30, 2024 at 2:39 pm

@grahamzhiser Not alll USA people! I'm not supporting this shit and I'm a American.

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