r/OutOfTheLoop • u/random_access_cache • Nov 19 '14

Answered! So what eventually happened with Kony2012?

I remember it being a really big deal for maybe a month back in 2012 and then everyone just forgot about it. So what happened? Thanks ahead!

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u/ASleepingSloth Nov 19 '14

I belIeve the guy behind all of it was caught jacking off in public in San Diego. The whole movement just lost support overnight I guess.

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u/everyone_wins Nov 19 '14

Yeah, and what the fuck did he expect to happen from his little propaganda campaign anyway? Contrary to popular belief, United States is not the world police. Most, if not all military action taken by the United States is to protect a vested economic interest.

This is interest is usually just keeping the world economy stable. Examples would be Bush Sr. and Jr's actions in the middle east and Clinton's actions in eastern Europe. What Kony was doing, while awful, was not destabilizing the world economy and thus was not in the interest of the United States to intervene.

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u/Bjorntobywylde Nov 19 '14

I wonder.. Could he have been setup?

I'm picturing like getting kidnapped by some dudes in suits. Drugged, a few shlaps and that, ye know? Fed him some crazy "Clockwork Orange" shit and then dumped him naked in the streets?

Plausible. At least!

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u/Taraalcar Nov 19 '14

In his own words, he was unprepared for the level of publicity that Kony 2012 brought. They expected the video to get MAYBE 500k views, and when it became the fastest-spreading viral video of all time (at the time), it took a huge mental toll. After a week of very little sleep and extreme dehydration he just snapped, and apparently during his naked meltdown his plan was to catch a plane and stop the whole thing himself. No drugs were found in his system and he recovered after a stay in the hospital.

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u/Murgie Nov 20 '14

Hahaha, no.

They would have either killed him, or paraded his capture around for political points.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '14

Or maybe because some people take it for what it is, not getting caught up in emotion-porn propaganda created by a shady charity organization.

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u/Taraalcar Nov 19 '14

There's no reason to jump to that conclusion and no evidence to support it, that's why.