The Story of Kony2012

That Q&A I promised 2 months ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXAeb7Pmzjs

"naturally, questions were raised about his sexual orientation." Is just a nice way to say that 4chan called him gay.

The "plot" about Angelina Jolie flying off to Uganda and luring Kony to a trap sounds like something straight from South Park. Good god, how can anyone come up with that and be serious about it?

I love how down to earth Jason is about the whole issue. "Were you on drugs at the time?" "Zero drugs, that being said I would've thought I was on drugs too" "Were you also masturbating at the time?" "No, I mean I'm naked, so it's not that far of an extension if imagination but..."

Psychosis is no joke, there was a very real risk that Jason could have caused DEADLY harm to himself, and the people around him. I appreciate the fact that Internet Historian did not mock this life-threatening medical emergency

In case you're wondering, Joseph Kony is still free today. His army has shrunk to an estimated 100 members and both Uganda and the US consider him a non threat. No one is looking for him anymore, so basically he got away with 30 years of child torture and war crimes.

The real winner of this story is the guy who got 30k from TMZ for that video.

the handbag that says "I heart Kony" is either a galaxy brain counterculture play or someone getting wooshed so hard that they somehow managed to miss what the people who missed the point thought the point was. Absolutely fascinating stuff.

TMZ has zero morals. We've known this for years, but only recently are they finally getting the pushback they deserve for always wanting to film or publicize mental breakdowns. For whatever faults that man had, he didn't deserve his lowest moment to be made public like that. I hope he's doing better now.

If I was a Ugandan warlord and just found out a firstworld country was gonna want to kill me with dancing and celebreties, I'd probably just move on with my day and do more warlord things

Kony sought refuge in Wakanda which is why we cant find him

It’s 2022, a decade later, and Joseph Kony is still happily roaming the jungles of Africa.

I still feel bad for the guy. He clearly had good intentions, but had way too much pressure put on him.

This poor man had a stress induced psychotic episode and was humiliated on tv while someone else made $30,000 off his hardship

Calling it "Kony 2012" makes it sound like a presidential campaign...

The small scale campaigns Invisible Children is still doing are actually pretty effective on the ground. Their Early Warning Radio Network unites local communities, the fliers and local radio broadcasts and defection programs in the region keep Kony (and his son) from being able to exert influence over his commanders, which keeps the group splintered and unable to regroup. Chances are high Kony never saw the video himself, and quite possibly he never heard of Angelina Jolie or Brad Pitt (though he & the LRA were apparently Rambo fans), but he and his commanders definitely heard & hear local radio broadcasts & find fliers in the bush, enabling child soldiers to escape. It also seems to have motivated several mass defections, one in 2012 and one (I think) last year, each of which significantly reduced the kidnapped women and children held by the remaining group. One of the larger remaining splinter groups is even reportedly in discussions of surrender. It worked, crazy as it was, at the local level. Whatever folks in Kampala or Montreal thought.

16:14 Internet Historian in 2018: "I don't want this video to be an hour long or take two more months to make" Internet Historian in 2022:

"People were up for just about anything to stop Kony...... As long as it wasn't practical action." That's humanity for ya.

Hey guys, Kony was dead the whole time, some teenager on YouTube’s Mom said so

I finally understand the “make bullying off itself” episode of South Park when Kyle said to Stan “don’t blame me if your jacking it in San Diego”