Throughout the history of the U.S., it has been a common theme for citizens to want to do everything possible not to get involved in foreign conflicts. People have been protesting war and the United States' involvement for pretty much the entire history of our country. The government has persecuted people for protesting war and in some cases has even violated their liberties, protected by the First Amendment. Nowadays this is very unlikely to happen as there have already been precedent cases to iron out the kinks of the laws.
Mainstream media seems to limit the amount of attention given to people who are antiwar, especially in the modern era. I think this has a lot to do with the government and the ties that the owners of mainstream media have with members of Congress and also just politicians in general. The government would not want to give tax cuts to media sites pushing antiwar propaganda. It is very beneficial for social media companies along with media companies in general to have good relationships with government officials. I think that people are also somewhat scared to speak out about the United States entering wars on foreign soil because a lot of times their opinion is not a popular one.
The reason I think it is hard to find sites like Antiwar.com and The American Conservative is that the government probably has some sort of deal with Google or the other search engines to push these websites to the bottom of pages, making them harder to find. I think that this is somewhat scary and it comes close to violating our rights. I especially think that this is scary because the government is really the ones who decide if and when we get involved in world conflicts.
Overall, I think we should reconsider the amount of power the government has when it comes to banning speech on the internet and censoring antiwar speech.
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