129: Logical Fallacies Series Preview #2 - A Brief Analysis of KONY 2012

Published: March 14, 2012, 9:36 p.m.

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Today's installment is another preview of the upcoming series on logical fallacies. Topic: The KONY 2012 rabbit hole is deep and dark. In today's show, we'll poke our heads in and take a quick look around. KONY 2012 is viral You Tube film produced by the controversial Invisible Children organization. It explicitly calls for a US military intervention in Uganda to arrest warlord Joseph Kony, claiming this "grassroots" campaign and subsequent government action will serve as a model to end injustice and crimes against humanity in the world. Bumper Music: "Suburban High School" Nice Peter Look Closer: Logical Fallacies Basics http://onegoodmove.org/fallacy/toc.htm Joseph Kony 2012: growing outrage in Uganda over film https://www.sott.net/articles/show/242761-Joseph-Kony-2012-growing-outrage-in-Uganda-over-film Invisible Children, Inc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Children,_Inc. Dad-son talk, celebrity tweets key to viral video http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ggyenmJc1TISpG6Yr77qpfEBt03A?docId=24a862e019ad4798b73ac3c352cc104d Joseph Kony, LRA leader, uganda - worlds first ever interview http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3358543972674478503 African Critics of Kony Campaign See a ‘White Man’s Burden’ for the Facebook Generation http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/09/african-critics-of-kony-campaign-hear-echoes-of-the-white-mans-burden/ Is Kony 2012 a propaganda campaign? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO9HL99itSU Your World News Interview with Keith Harmon Snow The Politics of Genocide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlPY2fWBUeU KONY 2012 Film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc THE LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY by Keith Harmon Snow http://www.whale.to/c/lord.html Trivium http://www.triviumeducation.com/trivium/ Help School Sucks, Tragedy and Hope and John Taylor Gatto: Enter the coupon code: "SCHOOLSUCKS"