Emma's Media Law And Literacy Blog

 Antiwar Voices To find strong Antiwar voices one must venture to obscene websites. Photo by MR Online Before this assignment, I had never paid much attention to antiwar voices before. As a student, and as an American, it was a narrative I had not been introduced to previously. After reading a few articles and opinions of the writers of ANTIWAR.com and American Conservative , it became a little more clear why these voices were harder to come into contact with. One conclusion I have drawn as to why the Antiwar narrative may be kept out of mainstream media is because of the more "pressing issues".  Many peopled are against war, and while Antiwar voices are filled with more strong opinions and passion - many people may overlook sharing their antiwar messages in mainstream media in favor of going for more polarizing and in-the-minute news. I also think the reason we have to go and search out these voices on these lesser-known websites because humans tend to be creatures of habit

 Six Clauses of The First Amendment and Black Lives Matter On August 22, far-right and far-left protestors clashed in Portland, Oregon.  Since the deaths of  George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, the Black Lives Matter movement launched itself directly into the public eye and it has not soon left. More and more individuals have started to take note and voice their objections to the unfair treatment African Americans have experienced, many even taking to the street to demand change at protests, walks, and rallies. T he topic has become very politically charged and people feel the need to take a side and become stagnant in the fact that their point of view is right and anyone who disagrees is wrong. These beliefs will cause confrontations between the two sides, much like the recent confrontation between a pro-police rally and a Black Lives Matter Rally in Portland, Oregon.        The question is, are the actions of these protestors condoned by the first amendment?  What doe