Spoiler alert: The following presents a viewpoint that is decidedly politically INcorrect.

After watching the KONY 2012 video I had more questions than answers.

• Who is this guy behind the camera and why did the video seem to be a whole lot more about him and his insights (discovering the fool-proof solution to Kony that no one else ever managed to see) than about the actual children and families suffering Kony’s atrocities?
• Is there truth to the claims that these children are invisible? Is it possible that Ugandan and other African families simply go on with life as usual after their babies are stolen from their homes? Is it really true that no one else is doing anything to stop Kony except this crew of young filmmakers?
• Is making evil famous really the way to sweeping change?

Conversations with folks on the ground in Uganda pointed me in the direction of credible resources as I grappled with the call to “Make Kony Famous.” I found mixed responses to the film. Some OpEd writers praised the video, others found it less that stellar.

But all agree on one thing: Kony is a master-mind of evil and atrocity that must be stopped.

Despite the rhetoric of the video, however, there are, in fact, many individuals, groups, and nations acting against Kony and lifting up their voices for his conscripted child soldiers. The Uganda army has pursued Kony and ended his reign of terror in Uganda. Kony is a fugitive from the law and continues to be pursued as he moves into other African nations. Kony’s child army is not invisible to Ugandans.

To call the child soldiers “invisible” children is to further the Western myths that continue to plague the continent of Africa: That it is a dark continent wherein true humanity and love simply do not exist. That African parents do not weep over their losses to Kony and that at best they are helpless to do anything. That Africa is a continent of tribal warfare in which all Africans participate and for which the only solution is Western wisdom.

I believe the hearts of the American public toward the children stolen by Kony are good. We want to help. We sincerely want to end the suffering. But to African families sorrowing over their children, giving the full attention of American social media and the Hollywood film industry to a man cavorting in evil is beyond unthinkable; wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with KONY 2012 unwittingly spits in their faces.

In the end, the message of change the video KONY 2012 proffers is perhaps the last message of change Americans need to hear: Do more of what you already do, only do it louder. Do nothing, only do it with intention, and save Ugandan children.

Re-posting videos is what social media is all about. How many of us already wear t-shirts and wristbands promoting a cause?

There is nothing inherently wrong with these activities, but they are not the path to major change. As soon as the next call for change comes along, we will throw the old t-shirt in the laundry pile and proudly display a new cause across our backs.

T-shirts bring awareness. They do not bring change.

The only true agent of change is God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Prayer, seeking the Lord, fasting, hearing the Spirit—these are the most powerful tools we have on behalf of the broken. We should never underestimate that. Never underestimate Him.

May we be ever vigilant in our pursuit of good over evil.

May we continue to fuel the flames against evil and atrocity.

May we never cease to turn our faces to the Lord and seek His power and wisdom, knowing that the battles against evil in this world are won only with the armament of God.