Anti-War Voices

    When watching the news, have you ever seen anything about anti-war movements? Have you ever wondered why that is? As you think about past anti-war movements, think about what happened to the protestors. As people protested World War II, many got thrown in jail just for voicing their opinions. Officials claimed that they were undermining the government and not supporting them, so they justified throwing them in jail by saying that. There are also many anti-war websites that have news stories about what is going on overseas. I have never heard of some of them because they are not advertised at all. The media never talks about anti-war because they may be scared about how some people may perceive them.

    Perhaps we don't hear much about anti-war or see anyone protesting because the last time there were protests, people got thrown in jail. Even when we do not hear about war going on, there are always troops overseas defending our country. We need media to cover overseas activity so we can be aware of what is happening with the people who are defending our country. When there were some anti-war movements recently, not many people attend them, and they didn’t get off the ground and gain traction. Recently, there have not been as many anti-war movements because we have been more concerned about what is going on in our own country. There have been policemen killing blacks and buildings being burned down because of that. Even though there are many things going on in our country, there are still many troops overseas handling things in the Middle East.