Tara Thompson - Outside reading #5

I read an article on one of the filmmakers of Kony 2012, Jason Russell recently. CNN had an article about the rumors that Russell had been drinking and taking drugs, which led him to partake in some irrational actions. The media was all over this so quickly, bashing Russell and then bashing Invisible Children because of his actions. It always amazes me how the media can turn something good into something horrible so easily.  Regardless of what Russell has or hasn’t done, Invisible Children is a great cause that is simply trying to bring justice to some of the most oppressed people in our world today. I understand that not every one cares about what is going on in other countries, but Joseph Kony is a very real and malicious man who is hurting people all through out central Africa and he needs to be stopped. The fact that people will get so caught up in one of Russell’s mishaps that they overlook the raw reality of what is happening to innocent people who are suffering is absolutely ridiculous. The truth is that people mess up all the time, but our society needs to stop focusing on one man’s faults and start seeing the bigger picture: There is suffering going on and we need to do something about it.