What's this Kony thing?

[LMNO]

Jesus H Christ.  Just who the fuck WERE you talking about, then?

Christ, I hate when people wimp out after making an inflammatory statement.

Probably me.  In fairness, my response to the OP could have been taken as, "Fuck those Christians who want to help out an African nation."

Pretty sure that's not the case, LMNO.  This isn't the only thread in which he's pulled this shit.

Dok,
Noob-magnet.

Mine.  MINE!

MY MILKSHAKE BRINGS ALL THE NOOBS TO THE YARD
THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S BETTER THAN YOURS

[Doktor Howl]

I'd be interested in you referencing specifically how I told Cain he was wrong.

So would I, because I never said you told him that.

What was said was that Cain could speak without being a cynic, because he researched it, but that other posters were just being cynical ("but no names" ), because in your omnipotence, you had decided exactly how much I knew about the subject.

[Doktor Howl]

Jesus H Christ.  Just who the fuck WERE you talking about, then?

Christ, I hate when people wimp out after making an inflammatory statement.

Probably me.  In fairness, my response to the OP could have been taken as, "Fuck those Christians who want to help out an African nation."

Pretty sure that's not the case, LMNO.  This isn't the only thread in which he's pulled this shit.

Dok,
Noob-magnet.

Mine.  MINE!

MY MILKSHAKE BRINGS ALL THE NOOBS TO THE YARD
THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S BETTER THAN YOURS

[Oysters Rockefeller]

I'd be interested in you referencing specifically how I told Cain he was wrong.

So would I, because I never said you told him that.

What was said was that Cain could speak without being a cynic, because he researched it, but that other posters were just being cynical ("but no names" ), because in your omnipotence, you had decided exactly how much I knew about the subject.

Actually I said, repeatedly, that I wasn't necessarily talking about PDers, and never said "posters". Which, ironically, was so that people wouldn't assume I mean them. Which was because I was talking about the FB incident mentioned above, and because I try not to place blame during arguements, which I also mentioned.

You can choose to be offended, as usual. I apologized above (as I do). The only person responsible for how you choose to perceive things is you, so I'm going to drop it on my end. Unless you have legitimate criticism about my topic-related posts.

[kingyak]

I don't think anyone's posted this one yet. Some more details on exactly how shady the group that put together this particular piece of slacktivism is.

http://thedailywh.at/2012/03/07/on-kony-2012-2/

[Oysters Rockefeller]

I don't think anyone's posted this one yet. Some more details on exactly how shady the group that put together this particular piece of slacktivism is.

http://thedailywh.at/2012/03/07/on-kony-2012-2/

Well...the word "slacktivism" made me happy...and then that link just made me upset.
I didn't actually know invisible children sponsored Uganda's army. What kind of sense does that make?

[Cain]

The kind of sense that fundamentalists shilling for a fundamentalist Christian regime makes.

Uganda's government - very close with "The Family", aka the C-Street House, aka The Fellowship, rich and politically connected religious fundamentalists.  The Family also fund and train various other Christian groups, especially in Africa.

I'm not saying there is a definite link between Invisible Children and the Fellowship, only that all three, once you include the Ugandan government, share that particular religious agenda.

Kony's not a monster, not in their eyes, he's competition.

[Junkenstein]

Competition's bad for business. You can't arm the bad guy in the viral ad campaign, you can however sell these freedom fighters some lovely guns at a very appealing interest rate.

[East Coast Hustle]

http://www.talk2action.org/story/2012/3/11/145213/275

Turns out this thing was heavily funded by bigoted rightwing christians.

Oddly enough, so is most of the nominally christian horror in Uganda. The C Street group has their thumbs in alot of pies over there, and appear to be at least partly responsible for the whole "homosexuality is punishable by death" thing. If it's true that they're funding the anti-Kony campaign I'm guessing it's a false flag operation.

[East Coast Hustle]

Though that's a little different from wanting a competitor eliminated, I hadn't considered that angle.

[kingyak]

Does a half million dollars qualify as a direct link?

http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/847062/invisible_children_funded_by_antigay,_creationist_christian_right/

[Cain]

Does a half million dollars qualify as a direct link?

http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/847062/invisible_children_funded_by_antigay,_creationist_christian_right/

That'll certainly do, yes.  So there you are.  C-Street, Invisible Children and the Government of Uganda...like peas in a homophobic, fundamentalist pod.

[Doktor Howl]

Does a half million dollars qualify as a direct link?

http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/847062/invisible_children_funded_by_antigay,_creationist_christian_right/

That'll certainly do, yes.  So there you are.  C-Street, Invisible Children and the Government of Uganda...like peas in a homophobic, fundamentalist pod.

Yeah, weren't these the pricks that were all happy that Uganda wanted to (or did?) make homosexuality a capital crime?

[kingyak]

That would be them. I'm reasonably sure that the capital crime thing did go through, and that same regime is who donations to the Kony2012 thing are going to (well, the 30% left over after the primaries have paid themselves and furthered their filmmaking careers, that is).

[East Coast Hustle]

Does a half million dollars qualify as a direct link?

http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/847062/invisible_children_funded_by_antigay,_creationist_christian_right/

That'll certainly do, yes.  So there you are.  C-Street, Invisible Children and the Government of Uganda...like peas in a homophobic, fundamentalist pod.

Yeah, weren't these the pricks that were all happy that Uganda wanted to (or did?) make homosexuality a capital crime?

They actually prodded them to draft the legislation, IIRC.