If you find something offensive, but the person who said it doesn’t, they shouldn’t be punished for it just because you don’t like it. Freedom of speech should be respectful as well as free. People take advantage of free speech, it shouldn’t cause a huge argument. If someone came up and said something but told you that you can’t tell anyone would you? Freedom of speech is being taken away. You should be able to speak out about something you don’t like and we should be able to say what we want.
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Those who have the opinion of not teaching this book and banning it from everywhere have their own position from where they come from. Either huck represents something the world does not want to know or there have been many cooperative censors in the schools and libraries who find it easier to go along or who have not read the story and therefore cannot defend it. It was Twain himself who perhaps prophetically, said a classic is something everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read. To
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symbol of America because of the freedom it has granted us and for all the people who fight for our country’s freedom. However, lately there has been a controversy over many elements of the pledge- should we continue to say it in schools? What about sporting events? Should “under God” be removed or should it stay? The Pledge of Allegiance should not be required to say at schools and sporting events because it violates the basic human rights like freedom of speech and freedom of religion.
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Censorship is a major topic in schools today whether it is of books, movies, or another source. These works that are being written may be very provocative or have violence in them. People often pose the question: Should we have these writings in schools, or are they unacceptable for the school environment? This question can be interpreted in two very opposite ways. The question can either be taken from the perspective that parents have the final say in what their kids learn or it can be taken from
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The first recent legal case challenging American civil liberties concerns Neo-Nazis assembling to speak publicly. One way in which the Neo-Nazis’ civil liberties were challenged was because of how offended people responded by attempting to take legal action. Nazism practically anywhere today is a sensitive topic, but even they, the Nazis, deserve their American rights to speak freely in the United States so long as they do not disturb the peace. News of the gathering quickly spread and was soon given
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America is the land of the free. What happens when you take away that freedom? America has lost it’s purpose to protect the people from being suppressed. If freedom is what America is all about then why do schools insist on restricting our free speech? The value I will be upholding is freedom. I believe that public colleges and universities ought not restrict any constitutionally protected speech, because we are speaking for the publicity of our school, and because everyone has their 1st amendment
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Imagine if we lived in a world where it was horrible to have creativity. Not so great right? Well, that world is called censorship. Censorship is basically a suppression of an individual's creativity. Many books by certain authors with strong themes and ideas are often censored. So are articles with strong opinions. Censorship doesn’t suppress anyone's creativity. It actually does. Many books written by authors like Judy Blume are often censored. Nowadays authors can’t really pour all of their
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Mrs. Gardner 23 May 2018 The Freedom of Speech “Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech…” Why should the 1st amendment be changed now? Should groups like the Neo-Nazis be stripped of their constitutional rights? A huge controversy has arisen on whether groups like the Neo-Nazi should have the right to protest and have full freedom of speech. Despite this heated debate, Neo-Nazis should have the right to speak their opinion because of the freedom speech guaranteed in the constitution
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Schools may limit how students express themselves, because it keeps kids safe, prevents suicide, and helps prevent racial discrimination in schools. Schools limiting Free speech would enable the safety for our next generation. Although Free Speech is used to defend the right to voice your opinion, there are kids who abuse this right to cyberbully or spread untruthful rumors on others who can’t. Evidence to support this claim is a quote that states,”The cons of having the first amendment
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Most, if not all, freedoms in our constitution are protected if they are legal. If pro-ana was a group directly targets one person and aims to cause them harm, it is not protected. If Pro-ana was a group constantly sharing child-pornography, it would not be protected. This
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