Ok so this is how I found out. I was watching the trailer for The Avengers about the 10th time and then I decided to watch the trailer for The Amazing Spiderman. Then I started reading the comments and the top comment was KONY 2012 and I was confused, so I kept scrolling down and someone asked what it meant and people responded saying look it up. So I looked it up on youtube because I am free today and I have nothing better to do and it seemed important if so many people knew and it was the top comment. I clicked on the first video (it seemed legit) then I looked at how long it was and I was like, "What? Almost 30 minutes...oh whatever I'll just watch it."
I watched the whole thing, I cried about three times, and I immediately posted it on facebook and tumblr. As you can see now it's time for my blog to know. I know this will probably reach no one but hey, at least it's something.
If you want to watch the video this is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc
It's really well done, I enjoyed watching it, but I guess I understand if you don't have the time right now. I'll let you know what the whole thing is about.
So there's this guy his name is Joseph Kony and he has this army made up of abducted children. He takes them from their homes and forces them to join his army, the rebel group called the LRA. He forces them to kill their parents and makes them mutilate people's faces. The girls are turned into sex slaves. This had been going on for over 20 years now and all the man wants to do is maintain power. He is greedy and selfish and needs to be stopped. The problem is almost no one knew who he was until now.
The guy who made the video has been working for 8 years on this project and has tried going to the government but the first time he tried to get them to help they said they wanted to take no part in something that wasn't threatening our national security. But he was persistent, he has made this campain in order to raise awareness and now the government has recognized him and this issue. We have troops in Uganda helping the military there learn how to find Kony.
The point is to get as many people as possible to know. Call your senator if you're in the states, send the video to another person. You can pledge and buy a kit to cover your town in posters and stickers to let people know on their site which is:
www.kony2012.com
It's all going down on April 20, so get ready.
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