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Supporters are seen hanging Kony 2012 posters as part of "Cover the Night." (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo)

Green Lake tagged up with 'Kony 2012' message

BY KIRO Radio Staff  on April 23, 2012 @ 6:07 am (Updated: 7:22 am - 4/23/12 )

Supporters of the Kony 2012 campaign took part in an event called "Cover the Night" this weekend, but it appears some of the participants took things too far.

Participants in the event had been encouraged to post signs and spread information about African war criminal Joseph Kony.

But at Green Lake, "Kony 2012" tags were spray painted on everything from buildings to signs, to the asphalt path.

The video that went viral, bringing lots of intention to the Kony 2012 campaign, has been viewed over 88 million times on YouTube.

Supporters of the anti-Kony movement are worried that the graffiti will turn people off from their cause.

The Seattle Parks Department reportedly plans to have the tagging cleaned up in a few days.

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  • Oly80 wrote...
    "Supporters of the anti-Kony movement are worried that the graffiti will turn people off from their cause."
    April 23, 2012 6:35 am
    bingo. and, i'm sure it has. this generation has never learned that it's one thing to avidly support a cause, and another to just be an annoying child over-hyping the things you saw on the internet to get attention. the excessive tagging was more about them having a good time being vandals and less about social justice.
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  • JMGilday wrote...
    our property was damaged by these idiots. All I want to know is
    April 23, 2012 7:07 am
    where can I send Mr. Kony a donation?
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  • Really??? wrote...
    Yea, a few people that take things too far represent the entire movement??
    April 23, 2012 8:26 am
    Come on son!!! Have some "common sense" Mr. Conservative. I'm sure we can come up with some people that claim to represent interests we all believe in but tend to take things too far. Let's everyone settle down.
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  • Oly80 wrote...
    son?
    April 23, 2012 9:02 am
    really? actually, my comment, if that's what you were rebutting, was about the few who made the cause look bad. and, i'm pretty comfortable about my comment on the prevailing attitude of the current generation. so, i think it's you that might need to "settle down."
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  • gb1118 wrote...
    Screw the "Kony 2012" idiots...
    April 23, 2012 8:54 am
    Go Mr. Kony.
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  • b1202 wrote...
    LINDA THOMAS
    April 23, 2012 8:58 am
    Was this your litte daughter and her friends? Im guessing, yes.
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  • Really??? wrote...
    I know when I am beat, gb1118 clearly has a better argument.
    April 23, 2012 9:01 am
    Given his post, it strikes me as ironic that gb1118 would call the protesters idiots.
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  • Howdy wrote...
    I'm sure Kony..
    April 23, 2012 10:11 am
    will now think twice about his actions now that these protesers are vandalizing parts of Seattle.
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  • Snout wrote...
    Moron activists and their masturbatory cause.
    April 23, 2012 10:28 am
    Just like "Free Tibet" used to be. Gee, is Tibet free yet? This whole Kony thing is nothing more than a bunch of idiot kids who think they can change the world by posting signs, splattering grafitti and putting a sticker on the car their parents bought them. And the sticker is to the left of the Obama '08 sticker that they never removed and under that retarded "Coexist" sticker. Morons.
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  • Picante Bob wrote...
    Coexist
    April 23, 2012 2:04 pm
    Those stupid "Coexist" stickers make me laugh. People have been fighting about religion for millennia but some pretentious Atheist from Green Lake can solve it all by pasting a clever bumper sticker on the back of their decrepit old Volvo. That’s evidence that patchouli causes brain damage.
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  • jpetro wrote...
    How did
    April 23, 2012 11:21 am
    this help "the cause"?
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  • Snout wrote...
    And another thing about those coexist stickers
    April 23, 2012 2:07 pm
    Which one of those religions doesn't play nice with the others? Hmmm. You can wear a suit made of those stickers and it won't stop some crazed Islamist from sawing your head off with a rusty steak knife if he gets the chance. Allah hu Admiral Akbar!!!!!
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