Blog Post 6

 Antiwar Voices 

During the Progressive Era, which was a time of extensive social activism and reform that lasted from the 1890s to the 1920s, tried for a time of our nation to become better. Many important reforms were made and other movements such as women's right to vote, thus making this era an extremely important one. However, during this era it led to many people voicing their opinions on whether or not the United States should enter the war. 

In today's world, people who voice their opinion's on certain topics may be subject for their voice to be silenced. If you watch the news or read it on a major website, there is little to no reports on how the United States should not went a war. Those reporters who are anti war are constantly silenced and never published in a major news site. 

While looking into Antiwar, that was rather difficult considering how confusing the site was, they had hundreds of articles published about every major country and their war stance and situation. I had never heard of this website before and while it was not the finest site to look at they had many interesting articles about subjects that are not posted in mainstream media. On the other hand, while looking into The American Conservative, it was more refined and had very well written articles. But again these are not published in mainstream media or news which is very upsetting because some of these posts are extremely important and educational. For example, in The American Conservative I read an article about Realism and the Ukraine War, which was written by someone who was actually there. These kinds of pieces should be published on major news sites and it a shame that they are not. 

I do not believe war is ever the answer, but some people in higher positions believe it is, so many journalists who disagree are not published in mainstream media because they are not agreeing with them. Voicing your own opinion should not be considered bad and people should not be silenced for doing so.