Kony 2012 and the Ignorance of Critics: A Guest Post

March 14th, 2012 | 5 min read

Jake Meador's critique of Invisible Children's video prompted quite a bit of discussion, much of which was rather passionately pursued. Dan Parris wrote the below, and I thought it appropriate to air both sides and let readers judge accordingly. Dan is a filmmaker and creator of Give a Damn and Hit Man to Hero.

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Matthew Lee Anderson

Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.

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Kony 2012 and the Ignorance of Critics: A Guest Post

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