KONY 2012
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Haven't watched it, don't really care. If a social media campaign and video is what it takes to motivate people to give a crap about something, fine, that's their right, and that's a good thing. But I wonder if the same people ever stop to realize the immeasurable injustices and suffering going on in our own backyards? Would they lift a finger to help causes that aim to end homelessness in their own country? Help those out of work? Help single mothers? Help the elderly?
I'm not equating this Kony guys' murderous tendencies with homelessness or single motherhood; I just think that people should look around their own immediate place in the world and see what they can do. Sending money to some crew of people in California to do what exactly with it to help keep creating awareness about Kony and not really doing anything to stop him seems like a total waste of my money, and a complete uncertainty. I'd be 100X better off donating clothes I don't wear to a homeless shelter, or donating to a food pantry.