Blog Post #6- Anti war Voices

     In order to hear about any anti war voices we have to search the internet and click on random websites that we have never even heard of before. Many of us wonder why they make it so hard to hear about and why it is not just published on the local news or newspapers. The reason I think this is, is because it is going against the government's decisions and what they believe are good decisions. I think they want everyone to believe that everyone is okay with all of the war we are involved with throughout the world. The government wants to silence all the people who go against them and believe that what they are doing is wrong because they don't want others to join them. I think they also don't want people to think that they are abusing their power and going to war for unnecessary reasons.

    The people who write on these websites have very strong opinions and feelings and continue to make valid points that are just continuing to be silenced. I also think that news organizations may be nervous to speak about anything anti war or anything that goes against the government's beliefs. This could be because they are scared of what the government could potentially do to them and their organization. On The American Conservative  we see news stories that we never even knew were going on because they are not being brought up on national and local news services. This is just one example of many websites that offer these sorts of stories that the government is trying to hide from us.

    The government silencing all these people is a clear violation to our first amendment right which is freedom of speech. They make it difficult to find these anti war websites and do not let people express their thoughts on new stations or social media. We even experienced government officials deleting texts over an app called WhatsApp . This shows us that the government is reading into what we have to say and deciding whether or not it is okay for us to say what we want to, which is a clear violation to our first amendment right. This is something that the government is not allowed to do although continues to because people are not even being made aware that it is happening.