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Sean Faircloth:
Attack of the Theocrats!
Um, it's important to read up on both the currently-ubiquitous Kony meme and the "Invisible Children" charity before promoting them. I realize that those who are spreading this meme are most likely well-intentioned in their slacktivism, but most aren't practicing any critical thinking or skepticism towards it, and that's a problem. Some useful info here:
blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/03/07/
thisisafrica.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/acholi-street-stop-kony2012-invisible-childrens-campaign-of-infamy
wrongingrights.com/2009/03/worst-idea-ever.html
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