Comments on: Kony 2012, Trayvon Martin, & the Hypocrisy of Selective Activism http://www.rippdemup.com/2012/03/kony-2012-trayvon-martin-the-hypocrisy-of-selective-activism/ It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder... Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Allseasonsmaintenancellc http://www.rippdemup.com/2012/03/kony-2012-trayvon-martin-the-hypocrisy-of-selective-activism/#comment-2273 Allseasonsmaintenancellc Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:41:00 +0000 http://rippdemup.com/?p=5016#comment-2273 Zimmerman was Hispanic. Stop calling him white. Stop using Race to get what you want. If he shot a white kid would you have the same rage? No, you would all say, 'he's white, he got what he deserved.' Don't act like reverse racism doesn't exist. I have wore hoodie sweatshirts all of my life. Stop making the hoodie a black thing. It's not.  Zimmerman was Hispanic. Stop calling him white. Stop using Race to get what you want. If he shot a white kid would you have the same rage? No, you would all say, ‘he’s white, he got what he deserved.’ Don’t act like reverse racism doesn’t exist. I have wore hoodie sweatshirts all of my life. Stop making the hoodie a black thing. It’s not. 

]]> By: Me112233 http://www.rippdemup.com/2012/03/kony-2012-trayvon-martin-the-hypocrisy-of-selective-activism/#comment-2220 Me112233 Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:23:00 +0000 http://rippdemup.com/?p=5016#comment-2220 Don't you get it?  When a black man is the one doing the killing, black folks just shrug their shoulders and then start complaining about the mean Republicans wanting to cut their food stamps.  The abusing/killing of black kids by a black man just doesn't fit the template, so the activist will not engage.  If there ever way a foreign military target worthy of intervention, Kony is it.  Still, Obama just isn't intersted in it; he would rather get involved in the Treyvon case, even as we still don't have all the facts to make a complete judgment on the matter (and when we do havve all the facts, we can be reasonably assured that the justice system will appropriately respond, even if a bit slow).  On the other hand, Kony has tons of evidence of his guilt that says he ought to be taken out; and Obama actually has the authority to order military action against Kony.  Obama doesn't have any authority in the Treyvon case, as manslaughter/murder is a state (Florida) crime in this situation, and the President can't do much more than sit by and watch. Don’t you get it?  When a black man is the one doing the killing, black folks just shrug their shoulders and then start complaining about the mean Republicans wanting to cut their food stamps.  The abusing/killing of black kids by a black man just doesn’t fit the template, so the activist will not engage.  If there ever way a foreign military target worthy of intervention, Kony is it.  Still, Obama just isn’t intersted in it; he would rather get involved in the Treyvon case, even as we still don’t have all the facts to make a complete judgment on the matter (and when we do havve all the facts, we can be reasonably assured that the justice system will appropriately respond, even if a bit slow).  On the other hand, Kony has tons of evidence of his guilt that says he ought to be taken out; and Obama actually has the authority to order military action against Kony.  Obama doesn’t have any authority in the Treyvon case, as manslaughter/murder is a state (Florida) crime in this situation, and the President can’t do much more than sit by and watch.

]]> By: JJ http://www.rippdemup.com/2012/03/kony-2012-trayvon-martin-the-hypocrisy-of-selective-activism/#comment-2106 JJ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:21:00 +0000 http://rippdemup.com/?p=5016#comment-2106 Really? The video was 2006, why now? Oil reserve recently found play a part? No its the BS sentimentality and this activism as self-actualization that's the problem"I got a lot of emails about Trayvon.  I have read a lot of articles.  I have seen a lot of television segments.  The message is consistent.  Most of the commentators, writers, op-ed pages agree.  Something went wrong.  Trayvon was murdered.  Racially profiled. Race. America's elephant that never seems to leave the room. But, the part that doesn't sit well with me is that all of the messengers of this message are all black too.  I mean, it was only two weeks ago when almost every white person I knew was tweeting about stopping a brutal African warlord from killing more innocent children.  And they even took thirty minutes out of their busy schedules to watch a movie about dude.  They bought t-shirts.  Some bracelets. Even tweeted at Rihanna to take a stance.  But, a 17 year old American kid is followed and then ultimately killed by a neighborhood vigilante who happens to be carrying a semi-automatic weapon and my white friends are quiet.  Eerily quiet. Not even a trending topic for the young man"Read more: http://globalgrind.com/node/828497#ixzz1plxxtLKp Really? The video was 2006, why now? Oil reserve recently found play a part? No its the BS sentimentality and this activism as self-actualization that’s the problem”I got a lot of emails about Trayvon.  I have read a lot of articles.  I have seen a lot of television segments.  The message is consistent.  Most of the commentators, writers, op-ed pages agree.  Something went wrong.  Trayvon was murdered.  Racially profiled. Race. America’s elephant that never seems to leave the room. But, the part that doesn’t sit well with me is that all of the messengers of this message are all black too.  I mean, it was only two weeks ago when almost every white person I knew was tweeting about stopping a brutal African warlord from killing more innocent children.  And they even took thirty minutes out of their busy schedules to watch a movie about dude.  They bought t-shirts.  Some bracelets. Even tweeted at Rihanna to take a stance.  But, a 17 year old American kid is followed and then ultimately killed by a neighborhood vigilante who happens to be carrying a semi-automatic weapon and my white friends are quiet.  Eerily quiet. Not even a trending topic for the young man”Read more: http://globalgrind.com/node/828497#ixzz1plxxtLKp

]]> By: RiPPa http://www.rippdemup.com/2012/03/kony-2012-trayvon-martin-the-hypocrisy-of-selective-activism/#comment-2061 RiPPa Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:32:00 +0000 http://rippdemup.com/?p=5016#comment-2061 Everyone has the right to defend themselves. Everyone has the right to defend themselves.

]]> By: Keegs http://www.rippdemup.com/2012/03/kony-2012-trayvon-martin-the-hypocrisy-of-selective-activism/#comment-2060 Keegs Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:01:00 +0000 http://rippdemup.com/?p=5016#comment-2060 people don't get shot for no reason. clearly he was being provocative and causing a problem, otherwise there would have been no shooting. Not taking sides but both of them messed up people don’t get shot for no reason. clearly he was being provocative and causing a problem, otherwise there would have been no shooting. Not taking sides but both of them messed up

]]> By: Heavy Armor http://www.rippdemup.com/2012/03/kony-2012-trayvon-martin-the-hypocrisy-of-selective-activism/#comment-2023 Heavy Armor Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:40:00 +0000 http://rippdemup.com/?p=5016#comment-2023 Another article that explains how KONY2012 is more Scam than "Cry for Help": http://www.blackagendareport.com/content/social-media-scam-alert-top-ten-ways-tell-kony-phony This one brings many of the Red Flags about the campaign into focus. Ultimately, what is happening in the Ugandan region is an atrocity.  The biggest problem with KONY2012 is that it attempts to leave out some of those atrocities because they are being committed by those supported by the US [at this time].  So, instead of ending the killings and bringing those leaders to justice, KONY2012 only aims to take out one set killers to replace them with another set of killers; and the only difference is that the newer set happens to agree with the US - as long as we ship them guns and money. Another article that explains how KONY2012 is more Scam than “Cry for Help”:

http://www.blackagendareport.com/content/social-media-scam-alert-top-ten-ways-tell-kony-phony

This one brings many of the Red Flags about the campaign into focus.

Ultimately, what is happening in the Ugandan region is an atrocity.  The biggest problem with KONY2012 is that it attempts to leave out some of those atrocities because they are being committed by those supported by the US [at this time].  So, instead of ending the killings and bringing those leaders to justice, KONY2012 only aims to take out one set killers to replace them with another set of killers; and the only difference is that the newer set happens to agree with the US – as long as we ship them guns and money.

]]> By: Heavy Armor http://www.rippdemup.com/2012/03/kony-2012-trayvon-martin-the-hypocrisy-of-selective-activism/#comment-2014 Heavy Armor Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:54:00 +0000 http://rippdemup.com/?p=5016#comment-2014 I'm always wary of International Campaigns that focus on things like this.  Especially in "Faraway Lands" (Almost Always in Africa or the Far East).  Mostly because there are other agendas at work. So when things like this appear, the first thing I try to look for is "Who is Bringing This to the Forefront."  The follow-up is why. And, sure enough, there was something afoot with this: http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2012/03/11/invisible-children-funded-by-antigay-creationist-christian-right/ And, like everything that Americans cry Braveheart about, there is always more to things than meets the eye: http://www.salon.com/2012/03/12/the_trouble_with_crowd_sourced_intervention/ AND http://www.salon.com/2012/03/12/kony2012_the_danger_of_simplicity/ This is simply an updated playbook from Gulf War I (the Kuwati Incubator Baby Hoax), only packaged for Facebook, Twitter, and their brethren.  The editing, of course, is selective; the story, incomplete.  But the aim is clear:  To use American guns on another country filled with Brown people for selfish aims. I’m always wary of International Campaigns that focus on things like this.  Especially in “Faraway Lands” (Almost Always in Africa or the Far East).  Mostly because there are other agendas at work.

So when things like this appear, the first thing I try to look for is “Who is Bringing This to the Forefront.”  The follow-up is why.

And, sure enough, there was something afoot with this:

http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2012/03/11/invisible-children-funded-by-antigay-creationist-christian-right/

And, like everything that Americans cry Braveheart about, there is always more to things than meets the eye:

http://www.salon.com/2012/03/12/the_trouble_with_crowd_sourced_intervention/

AND

http://www.salon.com/2012/03/12/kony2012_the_danger_of_simplicity/

This is simply an updated playbook from Gulf War I (the Kuwati Incubator Baby Hoax), only packaged for Facebook, Twitter, and their brethren.  The editing, of course, is selective; the story, incomplete.  But the aim is clear:  To use American guns on another country filled with Brown people for selfish aims.

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