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In reply to the discussion: Invisible Children Co-Founder Detained: SDPD (Public masturbation and vandalism spree) [View all]KoKo
(84,711 posts)58. (I just read this on Alternet): Invisible Children Funded By Antigay, Creationist Christian Right
Posted by B. E. Wilson at 12:49 pm
March 11, 2012
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Invisible Children Funded By Antigay, Creationist Christian Right
[update: Why does it matter, if Invisible Children was funded by controversial donors? Two reasons - one, we can assume those donors thought IC aligned with their agenda - which is antagonistic to LGBT rights. Two, it fits an emerging pattern in which Invisible Children appears selectively concerned about crimes committed by Joseph Kony but indifferent to crimes, perhaps on a bigger scale, committed by their provisional partner, the government of Uganda - whose president shot his way into power using child soldiers, before Joseph Kony began using child soldiers. Like Kony, the government of Uganda was also indicted by the International Criminal Court in 2005, for human rights abuses and looting in the DRC Congo (PDF file of ICC ruling against Uganda). Like Kony, the Ugandan army preys upon civilians and is currently accused, by Western human rights groups, with raping and looting in the DRC Congo, where it is hunting for Kony. In the late 1990s, Uganda helped spark a conflict in DRC Congo that, by the middle of the next decade it is estimated, had killed up to 5.4 million civilians, more than any conflict since World War Two. See appended "Resource" section for more information. For a very different perspective on IC, Kony, and Northern Uganda, see this editorial by Milton Allimadi, of the NYC-based Blackstar news service
http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2012/03/11/invisible-children-funded-by-antigay-creationist-christian-right/
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Invisible Children Co-Founder Detained: SDPD (Public masturbation and vandalism spree) [View all]
Ian David
Mar 2012
OP
He could have at least waited for St. Paddy's Day, when that kind of behavior is expected.
Fuddnik
Mar 2012
#3
I did live in PB when I was 22. Apartment on Grand Ave., a few doors up from the Hare Krisna temple
slackmaster
Mar 2012
#17
You're never too old for drunken public masturbation, with a bit of vandalism
Boudica the Lyoness
Mar 2012
#43
It is interesting. Very strange, considering the recent campaign to get Kony.
sabrina 1
Mar 2012
#32
Shit. I'm in the middle of doing just that, as I type on my phone....... hold on.... OK there. nt
Guy Whitey Corngood
Mar 2012
#8
Not a that big of a deal in my opinion, but he may want to get checked out. nt
ZombieHorde
Mar 2012
#10
Whenever I'm hungry and thirsty, I have two choices-- eat and drink, or masturbate and vandalize.
Ian David
Mar 2012
#27
Meh - Thatcher's PR man did it , was knighted by her, and made a lord by Blair
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2012
#23
When Jesus says masturbate in public and vandalize cars, I'm sure He has a reason. n/t
Ian David
Mar 2012
#26
The link I posted for the Alternet story has links to about 20 other sources at the bottom.
Fuddnik
Mar 2012
#35
People assume the cause means the guy's above reproach instead of incredibly sketchy
Posteritatis
Mar 2012
#30
The basic story of Kony is true; the question is whether 'Invisible Children' are the right people
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2012
#52
I have no sympathy for this asshole. He wants to kill all the gay people in Uganda. Fuck him. n/t
Ian David
Mar 2012
#53
(I just read this on Alternet): Invisible Children Funded By Antigay, Creationist Christian Right
KoKo
Mar 2012
#58
that explains why kids I know at two different parochial schools know about Kony
wordpix
Mar 2012
#73
I can't laugh at that no matter how hard I try. I had a friend taken in on a 5150 hold in December.
slackmaster
Mar 2012
#59
Apparently the guy who's Co-Founder of "Kony 2012" is a Christian Fundie Anti Gay Activist...
KoKo
Mar 2012
#76
Never thought I would see a con-artist exploiting a real human tragedy to make money...
Ian David
Mar 2012
#78
Because having a problem with a "charity" which steals 80% of its donations is supporting Kony? (nt)
Posteritatis
Mar 2012
#79