After discussing in class the important factors of anti-war the one thing I would have to point out is that it is a very opinionated topic. The two websites that I got to look at for the first time are ANTIWAR.COM and The American Conservative. I believe that these two websites gave me a wider variety of mixed opinions and other sides that I have not heard before.
I have never noticed how many people really use their voices to protest about this situation. In the article Whatever Happened to the Antiwar Left? , the first sentence caught my eye without even reading the rest of the article. In the text, it mentions, "On Feb. 15, 2003, 14 million people poured into the streets of 800 cities worldwide to oppose the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq." Even though this protest occurred in the past it still is a very important event in history. That is not just a couple hundred people, now we are talking millions of people who are there to voice their opinions. With is considered one of the largest protests even in human history is mind-blowing to me.
It is a great thing to have that people are using their voices and sticking up for what they believe in. Not everything is being posted online or shown on the news and people are blinded by the truth. That is why reading the two articles Antiwar.com and The American Conservative was a big news flash for me considering I have never seen them before.
More people in this world need to study websites like that because it is so important to get the right knowledge for today's problems. People learn about others' opinions and these certain situations generate them to speak about their own opinions.
At times I feel that some people are scared to read the truth about what is really going on because they are so blind in today's society. Some read the first article they see, probably giving them false information, and that is what leads to a lot of conflict. They need to be smarter about being online and knowing what is actually going on in today's world. Being up to date is a very significant factor knowing that there are bad things going on in our everyday lives. It is scary and the only thing we want in this world is to make it a better place.
When checking out unpopular websites it gives you the other side of things that are not shown on the most popular websites. Other opinions and unspoken words from other people need to be heard just as much as everyone else.
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