I wonder what his son will think of *this*
March 16, 2012 5:03 PM Subscribe
Invisible Children Founder and KONY 2012 Star Found Masturbating in Public. Found and arrested, that is. Now also: With video. (NSFW)
This post was deleted for the following reason: This is maybe better something to just leave to Gawker. -- cortex
Well, at least Kony isn't a public masturbater.
posted by oneswellfoop at 5:07 PM on March 16, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop at 5:07 PM on March 16, 2012
I bet his son thinks it is great. Touching your willy is, like, the coolest thing in the world to most little kids.
Many adults, too.
posted by Saxon Kane at 5:07 PM on March 16, 2012
Many adults, too.
posted by Saxon Kane at 5:07 PM on March 16, 2012
KONY 2012 bullshit or not, he could really be suffering from a mental disorder which would make it really uncool to trash him.
posted by Foci for Analysis at 5:08 PM on March 16, 2012 [4 favorites]
posted by Foci for Analysis at 5:08 PM on March 16, 2012 [4 favorites]
Gawker's entire existence was mere prelude to this moment. This is the Gawkeriest piece of, uh, news that I have ever read.
posted by griphus at 5:08 PM on March 16, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by griphus at 5:08 PM on March 16, 2012 [1 favorite]
......
someone tell me this whole thing was elaborate media fiction or I will loose faith that reality isn't being scripted by dead Science Fiction writers.
posted by The Whelk at 5:09 PM on March 16, 2012
someone tell me this whole thing was elaborate media fiction or I will loose faith that reality isn't being scripted by dead Science Fiction writers.
posted by The Whelk at 5:09 PM on March 16, 2012
Obviously shifting their target to General Butt Naked earlier than anticipated.
posted by Abiezer at 5:09 PM on March 16, 2012 [5 favorites]
posted by Abiezer at 5:09 PM on March 16, 2012 [5 favorites]
Ha! Now child slavery has been vindicated for both war and mobile phone production! IN YOUR FACE, PEOPLE WHO THINK WE SHOULD CARE ABOUT CHILD SLAVERY!
posted by Artw at 5:09 PM on March 16, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by Artw at 5:09 PM on March 16, 2012 [3 favorites]
Sad. Can't agree with how he approached the Kony thing, but felt his heart was in the right place.
Mental illness is a bitch.
posted by zoo at 5:09 PM on March 16, 2012 [2 favorites]
Mental illness is a bitch.
posted by zoo at 5:09 PM on March 16, 2012 [2 favorites]
Man, he seems to have a masturbation technique that I'm totally unaware of. I bet Scary Spice taught it to him.
posted by cmoj at 5:10 PM on March 16, 2012
posted by cmoj at 5:10 PM on March 16, 2012
I clicked on that video and I wish I didn't click on that video.
I don't know. I haven't been following the whole KONY thing closely because I'm a bad person but I am kind of peripherally aware of it - enough to know that I'm probably not supposed to like this Invisible Children guy - but it still - it still... I didn't feel right, watching that. It just feels really gross.
So I closed the window, and that solved that.
But I kind of also want to make some impassioned Jimmy Stewart plea for decency. Aren't we better than posting this kind of stuff, maybe? Possibly just a momentary spasm of indignation.
posted by kbanas at 5:11 PM on March 16, 2012 [1 favorite]
I don't know. I haven't been following the whole KONY thing closely because I'm a bad person but I am kind of peripherally aware of it - enough to know that I'm probably not supposed to like this Invisible Children guy - but it still - it still... I didn't feel right, watching that. It just feels really gross.
So I closed the window, and that solved that.
But I kind of also want to make some impassioned Jimmy Stewart plea for decency. Aren't we better than posting this kind of stuff, maybe? Possibly just a momentary spasm of indignation.
posted by kbanas at 5:11 PM on March 16, 2012 [1 favorite]
If one of your loved ones had a psychotic break, would you find it hilarious and worth mocking with a bunch of asinine, callow zingers? Disgusting. Grow the fuck up.
posted by aquafortis at 5:11 PM on March 16, 2012 [4 favorites]
posted by aquafortis at 5:11 PM on March 16, 2012 [4 favorites]
Dan Savage wins the 1-liner summary wars: "no one saw this coming."
posted by Stoatfarm at 5:12 PM on March 16, 2012
posted by Stoatfarm at 5:12 PM on March 16, 2012
There is literally nothing that cannot be explained away by the word "exhaustion," is there.
posted by elizardbits at 5:12 PM on March 16, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by elizardbits at 5:12 PM on March 16, 2012 [3 favorites]
(found on twitter)
"Right now a Ugandan activist is making a video in which he tells his son about the horrors of American dudes jacking it in public. "
posted by The Whelk at 5:13 PM on March 16, 2012 [1 favorite]
"Right now a Ugandan activist is making a video in which he tells his son about the horrors of American dudes jacking it in public. "
posted by The Whelk at 5:13 PM on March 16, 2012 [1 favorite]
This is someone with a serious problem. This "point and laugh" response is a bit disheartening.
posted by HuronBob at 5:13 PM on March 16, 2012 [4 favorites]
posted by HuronBob at 5:13 PM on March 16, 2012 [4 favorites]
If you are hearing his strikes against the pavement, he's damaging himself there.
It made me think of Xerxes lashing the Hellespont.
posted by Busithoth at 5:13 PM on March 16, 2012
It made me think of Xerxes lashing the Hellespont.
posted by Busithoth at 5:13 PM on March 16, 2012
Interesting...because masturbation is how you make invisible children.
posted by KokuRyu at 5:14 PM on March 16, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by KokuRyu at 5:14 PM on March 16, 2012 [3 favorites]
I thought the predictable excuse of "dehydration and exhaustion" was made uncomfortably awkward (in an already pretty awkward situation) by including the "malnourished" bit. It's just a weird thing, from a PR perspective, for a guy whose work is in a country that has severe issues with malnourishment.
He could have a mental illness. Maybe that guy in the video isn't him, either. We don't really know. He could also have been totally fucked up on recreational drugs.
In any case, this is probably not the best time for one of them to do this.
posted by clockzero at 5:14 PM on March 16, 2012
He could have a mental illness. Maybe that guy in the video isn't him, either. We don't really know. He could also have been totally fucked up on recreational drugs.
In any case, this is probably not the best time for one of them to do this.
posted by clockzero at 5:14 PM on March 16, 2012
I got the impression he was on drugs or something. Sucks for everyone.
posted by KokuRyu at 5:17 PM on March 16, 2012
posted by KokuRyu at 5:17 PM on March 16, 2012
I think Reddit just messed their pants over this news...
posted by Old'n'Busted at 5:17 PM on March 16, 2012
posted by Old'n'Busted at 5:17 PM on March 16, 2012
See Invisible Children statement in the gawker piece:
"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."posted by memebake at 5:18 PM on March 16, 2012
That can be pretty normal behavior in PB.
posted by birdherder at 5:18 PM on March 16, 2012
posted by birdherder at 5:18 PM on March 16, 2012
KONY 2012 bullshit or not, he could really be suffering from a mental disorder which would make it really uncool to trash him.
This
posted by mattoxic at 5:19 PM on March 16, 2012
This
posted by mattoxic at 5:19 PM on March 16, 2012
Ok. Now I understand Bret Easton Ellis' recent tweet.
Wow, Bret Easton Ellis sure does have opinions about things.
posted by griphus at 5:21 PM on March 16, 2012 [1 favorite]
Wow, Bret Easton Ellis sure does have opinions about things.
posted by griphus at 5:21 PM on March 16, 2012 [1 favorite]
Our desire to label anyone who behaves abnormally as having "mental illness" is dehumanizing and denies people agency and control over their own actions
If you're diagnosing someone based on behavior and a 10-second video as having a mental disease, you're allowing the reconceptualization of mere behavior or thought into a disease model in a way that isn't falsifiable
posted by crayz at 5:22 PM on March 16, 2012 [12 favorites]
If you're diagnosing someone based on behavior and a 10-second video as having a mental disease, you're allowing the reconceptualization of mere behavior or thought into a disease model in a way that isn't falsifiable
posted by crayz at 5:22 PM on March 16, 2012 [12 favorites]
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