Anti-War Voices

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Throughout the history of the United States, during every war there have been groups
that have protested. They believed in an anti-war movement. One of the most well-
known examples of this is during the 60s. The United States was going to war with
Vietnam and over 500,000 people marched through Washington D.C., making it the
largest political rally in the country’s history. 

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Protesting violence not only happened in the past, but it happens currently. Most
times the news does not report much about anti-war protestors because they are
occupied with stating all of the facts about the war itself. Finding anti-war protestors
takes some online digging. The first website I came across is a project from a larger
foundation called Randolph Bourne Institute. The people who post on this website all
have libertarian political viewpoints and the articles all relate to U.S. foreign policies.
The other website is from a nonprofit organization, the American Conservative, which
also published hundreds of articles about the unchecked power in the government.
Both articles have very strong beliefs and factual information to back up all of their
ideas. 
Finding these anti-war opinions were difficult to find. Usually, anti-war is not a
common topic of discussion online or in the news. I believe this is partly because of our
president. Donald Trump has many supporters and but also many critics. Trump is a
realist conservative, and is willing to put the United States before all else. This also
means that he is willing to go to war if he believes it is necessary. Because of this, I
believe most Trump supporters would also support the war. Critics against Trump are
more likely to be anti-war. However, they do not voice their opinions openly which is why
it is so hard to find their voices online. In the past decades, the United States has
focused heavily on building its military power so that they are equipped to fight a war
whenever needed, and this militaristic attitude probably isn’t going to change anytime
soon. 



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