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Didn’t See That Coming of the Day: Jason Russell, co-founder of the controversial nonprofit Invisible Children and the star of its ultra-viral fundraising campaign video KONY2012, was arrested yesterday in the San Diego neighborhood of Pacific Beach for masturbating in public while under the influence.
The San Diego Police Department says Russell, 33, was taken into custody after he was caught masturbating in public and vandalizing cars. Lt. Andra Brown also noted that he was under the influence, but did not identify the substance.
His overall behavior was said to have been “Very strange.”
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UPDATE: Invisible Children has just released the following statement concerning Russell’s public display of self-affection:
Jason Russell was unfortunately hospitalized yesterday suffering from exhaustion, dehydration, and malnutrition. He is now receiving medical care and is focused on getting better. The past two weeks have taken a severe emotional toll on all of us, Jason especially, and that toll manifested itself in an unfortunate incident yesterday. Jason’s passion and his work have done so much to help so many, and we are devastated to see him dealing with this personal health issue. We will always love and support Jason, and we ask that you give his entire family privacy during this difficult time.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0zvhkxNKD1qzpwi0o1_1280.jpg)
Didn’t See That Coming of the Day: Jason Russell, co-founder of the controversial nonprofit Invisible Children and the star of its ultra-viral fundraising campaign video KONY2012, was arrested yesterday in the San Diego neighborhood of Pacific Beach for masturbating in public while under the influence.
The San Diego Police Department says Russell, 33, was taken into custody after he was caught masturbating in public and vandalizing cars. Lt. Andra Brown also noted that he was under the influence, but did not identify the substance.
His overall behavior was said to have been “Very strange.”
[nbcsd.]
UPDATE: Invisible Children has just released the following statement concerning Russell’s public display of self-affection:
Jason Russell was unfortunately hospitalized yesterday suffering from exhaustion, dehydration, and malnutrition. He is now receiving medical care and is focused on getting better. The past two weeks have taken a severe emotional toll on all of us, Jason especially, and that toll manifested itself in an unfortunate incident yesterday. Jason’s passion and his work have done so much to help so many, and we are devastated to see him dealing with this personal health issue. We will always love and support Jason, and we ask that you give his entire family privacy during this difficult time.
On Kony 2012: The Visible Victims Speak: Considering that Kony 2012 — the most viral video in Internet history — exploits the suffering of northern Ugandans to raise money, Victor Ochen, a victim of the Lord’s Resistance Army and a founder of the nonprofit African Youth Initiative Network (AYINET), thought it only right that they should get to see it too.
Ochen traveled to the city of Lira, where he and his NGO set up a makeshift outdoor theater so locals could watch Invisible Children’s much-discussed fundraising campaign, and decide for themselves if it helps or hurts.
According to a statement released by AYINET, over 35,000 people attended the screening, many of whom rode in on bikes from neighboring villages. Additionally, some two million northern Uganda residents tuned in to a live broadcast of the audio aired simultaneously on five FM radio stations.
Al Jazeera reporter Malcolm Webb, who was on hand to gauge people’s reactions, filed the following account:
People I spoke to anticipated seeing a video that showed the world the terrible atrocities that they had suffered during the conflict, and the ongoing struggles they still face trying to rebuild their lives after two lost decades.
The audience was at first puzzled to see the narrative lead by an American man – Jason Russell – and his young son.
Towards the end of the film, the mood turned more to anger at what many people saw as a foreign, inaccurate account that belittled and commercialised their suffering, as the film promotes Kony bracelets and other fundraising merchandise, with the aim of making Kony infamous.
A woman Webb spoke with afterwards compared IC’s approach of selling products with Kony’s image to “selling Osama Bin Laden paraphernalia post 9/11,” which she felt would be offensive to many Americans, irrespective of how “well-intentioned” the fundraising campaign was.
Last night’s screening was AYINET’s first and last. It announced this morning that it had suspended further screenings of Kony 2012 in light of the outrage it caused. Wrote Ochen: “It was very hurtful for victims and their families to see posters, bracelets and t-shirts, all looking like a slick marketing campaign, promoting the person most responsible for their shattered lives.”
“Why give such criminals celebrity status?” asked people in attendance, according to AYINET. “Why not make the plight of the victims and the war-ravaged communities, people whose sufferings are real and visible, the focus of a campaign to help?”
(Source: catbushandludicrous)
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(Source: TIME)
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Colin Firth when asked ‘Who are the women in your life? (via popcultureinfatuation)
Change.
My opinions about people will never fail to change. I don’t know who I trust, who I know - besides my family. But even my friends, the ones I’ve known for a long time, the ones I grew up with. They change too, when I think I know them best.
I am always very emotionally attached to any relationship I make… so I’ve learned to make them sparingly. Now, it takes a lot for me to care about you. It takes a lot for me even to want to get to know you. Simply because, over time, I’ve been really disappointed by a lot of people. I don’t know if this is good or detrimental, but I honestly just don’t want to waste any more of myself on people who don’t care.
When I was younger, I loved everyone I met. I cared about people, whether they were mean or not. And when they were mean (to me), I only cared about them more. I wanted everyone to love me back, you see? But after ten or more years of getting acquainted with people and how they operate, that love slowly got beaten out of me. And now, I almost couldn’t care less.
But people are just people. They’ll do whatever they are going to do, and there really isn’t anything you can do about it. My disappointment stems from the fact that I have grown accustomed to idealizing what a person is and what they believe until any deviation from this is seen as a great fall of grace in my eyes.
I know this isn’t fair. I know you can’t expect everything and more from people who are just being themselves. And maybe it’s because there are so many facets of a person, it’s hard to know what they are - even if they let you see it. But either way, I know that should I initially deem you worthy of my whole heart - there is a great chance I could be disappointed.
Caution, however, appears only in my willingness to meet you, to know you, to spend time with you. If I feel we are friends, if I feel any kind of love, you will have my whole heart - whether you want it or not. This is something I cannot hinder. In my mind, the genuine nature of a relationship requires this. And should my heart get trampled on, I will blame the person I thought existed. Not understanding that people are capable of unintentional deceit. Not understanding that I can misjudge.
Today, I think I should just spend time with myself. I should focus on school and almost entirely shut out the social aspect of my life. It causes me far too much distress. And I don’t think I’ve met anyone fully worth all the trouble.
