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By Julian Feeld, Travis View & Jake Rockatansky

Premium Episode 88: Kony 2012 (Sample)

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Published August 15, 2020 9:34pm

A misplaced public awareness campaign about a Ugandan warlord led to a nude breakdown in the streets of San Diego ā€” the campaign known as Kony 2012 certainly contained multitudes. The tone-deaf creation of theater kid Jason Russell, it defined early-aughts political slacktivism and a particular style of post-colonial condescension. Although they took aim at a Warlord in Uganda, the 'Invisible Children' organization failed to account for their total lack of knowledge and inability to learn anything about the situation they were trying to resolve. The results were disastrous.ā†“ā†“ā†“ā†“ SUBSCRIBE FOR $5 A MONTH SO YOU DON'T MISS THE SECOND WEEKLY EPISODE ā†“ā†“ā†“ā†“www.patreon.com/QAnonA...

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