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b_b  ·  4632 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Kony 2012: Pro-AFRICOM Propaganda by the Regime Change Machine?
So because this fellow Chris Sarette spoke at a conference that was partially supported by the State Department about how to engage young people in peace through technology, Invisible Children is now a proxy for US policy in Africa?

If the US wanted to dominate South Sudan, they would go take it over on the grounds that the North is persecuting the black population there. It wouldn't be very hard, given the already popular celebrity champions of Darfur. This seems like a pretty roundabout way of doing things.





just_me  ·  4632 days ago  ·  link  ·  
    If the US wanted to dominate South Sudan, they would go take it over on the grounds that the North is persecuting the black population there. It wouldn't be very hard, given the already popular celebrity champions of Darfur. This seems like a pretty roundabout way of doing things.

Uhm...

pro•pa•gan•da \'pra-pe-"gan-de, 'pro-\ noun [NL, fr. Congregatio de propaganda fide Congregation for propagating the faith, organization established by Pope Gregory XV †1623] (1718) 2 : the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person 3 : ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause; also : a public action having such an effect (C)1996 Zane Publishing, Inc. and Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. All rights reserved

...that's the whole point of propaganda.

b_b  ·  4632 days ago  ·  link  ·  
You're changing the argument to one about propaganda. Is Kony2012 a propaganda film? Sure. My point is that ist specious based on the evidence they've presented to ascribe it to the State Dept.