Interesting piece of trivia: the "General Butt Naked" guy that is referenced is a real person, and he's about 100 times more terrifying than Joseph Kony:
General Butt Naked - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This guy actually worshipped the devil, and to prepare for battle he would get drunk and high, murder children, and drink their blood and eat their hearts. And then he would run in to battle with nothing but his AK and his tennis shoes on, hence his nickname. Oh, and apparently he's killed about 20,000 people, give or take a few.
So why is nobody screaming for this guy's head? I'll tell you why...
I read a few articles about the charity that made this video. It seems they are not all that transparent as to how they spend their money and what not. It also seems they donate a fair amount of money directly to the Ugandan military and they are not much better than the guy they are after.
BINGO! Invisible Children is very sketchy. Basically, these three chodes decided in 2003 that they wanted to change the world somehow. So they jumped on a plane to Africa with no frickin' clue as to what they would find or do. They wandered around a bit and eventually made their way to Uganda, where they heard about Joseph Kony and his child army, so they decided that this would be their cause, and they made a video about it. And that's what they've been doing ever since, making videos about Joseph Kony.
The main problem here, is that Joseph Kony isn't even in Uganda anymore. Shortly after these guys visited Africa, the Ugandan army successfully kicked Kony out. There have been a few flare ups with him since then, but for the most part, him and his army have been beaten down and he spends his time hiding out in the Congo.
So yeah, basically these guys gained noteriety with their 2003 video, and they've just been riding that train ever since. They each take about a 90 grand per year salary and the vast majority of their "charity's" budget goes to salaries and making videos as opposed to anything actually resembling relief efforts in Africa. AND, their "solution" to the problem has always been to support the Ugandan army's efforts to hunt this guy down. And in case you aren't aware, the Ugandan army has a reputation for doing a little raping, pillaging, and murdering of it's own.
More info here:
www.visiblechildren.com
This most recent video (Kony 2012) ABSOLUTELY over-simplifies and misrepresents the current situation in Africa. As others pointed out, there's a shit ton of Josephy Konys over there; Invisible Children just has a hard-on for this guy because he's proven that he can line their pockets.
And sadly, idiots all across the nation are lapping this shit up without bothering to look in to it...