War movies should be banned/regulated in America.

Although it is not stated in the pro argument, I will assume the implied; that the burden of proof rests on the pro debater. Therefore, I will post my rebuttal and the pro debater will continue to uphold burden of proof. Your first paragraph begins to talk about the film 'American Sniper'. Although I have not seen this film, I have heard about the wave of controversy it has created. You describe the opening scene as a grotesque start to a movie. This seems to be an adaptation of an event that happened in real life. In Chris Kyle's autobiography, he reports his first kill with a sniper. He killed a women who was approaching a group of marines with a grenade in her hand. However, the story was botched! CNN (no surprise here) reported the incident with the woman holding a baby, instead of a bomb(1). You then state that the movie creates a sense of "Islamophobia. " There is no reason to be scared of Islamic people. However, does that mean that we should just accept what some are doing in order to be politically correct? You then say that the movie implies that the sniper finds it "sweet" to kill colored people. Does that mean that if he shot a white person he would have remorse? You seem to be pulling the "race card" like most other leftist debaters. It's no secret that Islamic people are responsible for the terror attacks we see on the news. 9/11 is just one of the many incidents of terror attacks caused by Muslims. About 37% of Muslims identify as at least partially radical(2). This hardly seems like an outlier! Yes, the sniper is known for killing Muslims. However, if the war was instigated by a group of radical Christians or Jews, the sniper would have been killing Christians or Jews. If the movie was about killing Christian terrorists I highly doubt anyone would make such a big deal about it. You then state that not all war heroes should be glorified. Which they should not. The quote from the book is a very harsh way of staing that the Iraqis are not good. Which is an invalid generalization, of course. Chris Kule was not fighting the whole of Iraq, however. He was fighting the radical Islamist groups. If those people aren't evil than I don't know what is. Freedom of speech is a crucial right to have in any democracy. Events when freedom of speech has been breached are occurring more and more often (Donald Sterling, Louis Lerner, etc. ) If we continue to impude further upon our basic right, I believe it will become null and void altogether! So no! In no circumstances should freedom of speech be trumped. The movie is telling a story based on a man's life. It should not be censored or taken down because of people who don't agree with what you are doing. You're right! Our rights our abused, but for the complete opposite reasons! Two instances I listed earlier in my argument show to circumstances where our rights are being abused for the opposite reason (see Donald Sterling and Louis Lerner) Your point makes little sense to me about how Muslims should live in fear because of the movie. Take one of many World War 2 movies. Germans are killed in said movies. Therefore, since I am of German descent, I should fear for my life! Same logic. "We should ban war movies" Are you being serious? We can't take ANY movies off the shelves because of a "violent backlash" This brings up countless problems. "What is considered a 'war movie? '" "What war movies should be banned? " These and countless more questions will be raised and debated if the government was to implement your "solution" We have rights for a reason. They cannot and will not be broken. Thanks for the debate!