David, the movement (which admittedly I know very little about) seems to be calling for the arrest of a war criminal. From the front page of the website: "
<span style="font-family:Egyptian505-Medium,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;letter-spacing:1px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;text-transform:uppercase">JOSEPH KONY IS ONE OF THE WORLD’S WORST WAR CRIMINALS AND I SUPPORT THE INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO ARREST HIM, DISARM THE LRA AND BRING THE CHILD SOLDIERS HOME."</span><br>
<br>You are not sure that a poster should be on a lamp post in front of a high school . . . because he don't like the <i>implications</i> of the message? Would it change your mind if high school students were actually the ones who composed the message and hung the posters? That this was their first overt political act because the child-killer message resonated with them? Seems plausible to me. Whatever the case, taking down someone's political posters creates the sort of message gap that generates a lot of misunderstanding and hostility.<div>
<br></div><div>Rohn</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 9:12 AM, David Green <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:davegreen84@yahoo.com">davegreen84@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><div><span>Perhaps my actions were rash in doing this. I support free speech. But apparently, the "Kony 2012" campaign is having no trouble disseminating its message. By the way, they are apparnetly using free speech to call for somebody to be killed. I'm not sure that that should be on lamp posts by the high school. Do you?</span><br>
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</div> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Rohn Koester <<a href="mailto:rohnkoester@gmail.com" target="_blank">rohnkoester@gmail.com</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Carl G. Estabrook <<a href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu" target="_blank">galliher@illinois.edu</a>> <br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> David Green <<a href="mailto:davegreen84@yahoo.com" target="_blank">davegreen84@yahoo.com</a>>; "<a href="mailto:peace-discuss@anti-war.net" target="_blank">peace-discuss@anti-war.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:peace-discuss@anti-war.net" target="_blank">peace-discuss@anti-war.net</a>> <br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Monday, March 12, 2012 8:30 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Peace-discuss] "Kony" propaganda<br> </font> </div><div><div class="h5">
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<div>David, Carl: Why did you feel the need to suspend others' free political speech in this case?<div><br></div><div><div>Rohn<br><div><br><div>On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Carl G. Estabrook <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">galliher@illinois.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/kony-2012-president-obama-throws-support-behind-viral-video-filmmaker-deflects-critics-article-1.1036121" target="_blank">http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/kony-2012-president-obama-throws-support-behind-viral-video-filmmaker-deflects-critics-article-1.1036121</a></div>
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On Mar 11, 2012, at 2:55 PM, David Green wrote:</div><br></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div> <div><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Driving down Race St., I spotted at least six fliers tacked to lamp posts and telephone poles. They concern "Kony 2012," a campaign with which by now you are familiar. The flier shows a depiction of Kony, behind which are depictions of Bin Laden and Hitler.</div>
<div> </div><div>You know where I'm going with this. This is a humanitarian fad at best, a propaganda campaign at worst, and a propaganda cover for U.S. foreign policy at the worst of the worst. So far, I'm only surprised by the fact that I haven't found any evidence that the Israel Lobby or Jewish organizatons are behind it, like they were with Darfur.</div>
<div> </div><div>I ripped off every flier I could find, about 6. You should do the same. Our children should be educated about American crimes in the world, not the sensationalized and decontextualized crimes of others, no matter how many Hollywood celebrities are involved. Even if Oprah is involved. Especially if Oprah is involved.</div>
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