Blog 5: Anitwar Voices

Why hasn't it ever mattered to us?

It's Time To Rebuild the Anti-War Movement | Left Voice

Recently in the news with the Black Lives Matter Movement, we have seen many people stay silent. That could be for the same reason that we see many people stay silent about issues such as war. These people who don't speak up against their government may deem that this issues do not directly affect them, and due to that, they stay silent or silent others in hopes that mass chaos does not occur. Many Americans don't see the impact of war or military force because it often doesn't directly affect us. Wars aren't fought on US soil, therefore, our property, economy, and infrastructure don't take as hard as a hit as other countries where the bombs are dropped and wars are fought. In addition, it doesn't affect us in the way of innocent civilians losing their lives. On US soil, we are safe. Many of us all don't know innocent people who have died due to wars, other than people who have joined the military. That is just not a reality for us in America, and because of that, many Americans accept war and military force for what it is and do not question authority on decisions regarding them.

The reason I don't think the news covers topics like this one is because of all the negativity that would come with it. If murdering innocent civilians, destruction of infrastructure, and ruining other country's economies, was displayed in the news, there would be backlash from people, who never knew this kind of devastating action was going on. It would cause some Americans to question higher government authorities; overall, the consequences from Antiwar voices to make mainstream media would be extreme and for right now, unknown.

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