ANTIWAR Voices
The First Amendment is protecting America from dissent, especially when it comes to war-related topics. Before writing this post, I looked through two websites that shared their ANTIWAR points of view. These sites are just one of the many examples of the First Amendment in action. People challenged the government on many playing fields during the Progressive Era. People used their First Amendment rights of freedom of speech by speaking out about the United States of America getting involved in World War I. What I found especially interesting is that I have never come across these types of articles in mainstream media. Why is that? What I believe is happening here is censorship. Media giants such as NBC, CNN, ABC, and even FOX are censoring these ANTIWAR voices because they disagree with it. “Does the censorship of these ANTIWAR voices remind you of a very, very important figure in history being silenced?” The fact that media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter were able to censor the President of the United States should show how much power the media has over censoring and dissenting the first amendment and freedom of speech.
Along with censorship in mainstream media, came persecution. These people were prosecuted and thrown into jail all because they were practicing their First Amendment right. How is that fair? Our founding fathers created these Amendments to help protect the United States of America’s people and future. How is it constitutional for people to be thrown into jail for speaking up on their beliefs? It is not! These people were not conducting violence, so how were they doing anything wrong? Because these sites are not mainstream, people have to search into the depths of the internet to find these obscure sites. Making it harder to attract viewers. Finally, what we can all take from this is that the media controls ALL of the information we get.
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