Module 6 Final Draft Mr. Reynolds "Hate speech should be protected in the First Amendment" The most compelling reason for hate speech being protected refers to our history of discrimination and prejudice ultimately, for the purpose of trying to repair our troubled racial society that we need hate speech legislation. The government has the right to limit free speech in cases of overly racist or sexist language because our failure to address such abuses would effectively suggest that our society
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In democratic country, every individual possess rights and liberty to create change in a democracy. There are many alternative ways which allow the minority to be heard without having to break the laws that we have set for ourselves. The people in the favor of civil disobedience say that civil disobedience is the only way that allows them to publicize the social issues. However, promoting their ideologies by using media is more powerful and effective than illegal actions which may lead to the further
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“Discrimination by another name” by The Washington Times is an example of an editorial with strengths and weaknesses in their argument. Overall, the two claims that were made are that the Supreme Court should set aside the Affirmative Action laws and end them once and for all, and that Affirmative Action laws do not help improve race relations in this day and age. These claims were backed up by evidence that I believe is mostly sound. In this editorial, rhetoric was a tool used frequently. However
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People might be surprised to know that the Holy Bible has been banned in several public and school libraries in the United States. Banning books started as early as 399 B.C. and still happens today. When a book is challenged, it is sent to the library, where it is decided if the book should be banned from that library or remain on the shelf. It should not be allowed to ban a book in a public or school library. There are too many books that might offend someone to ban them all. In fact, according
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America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." As we say in the pledge of allegiance “with liberty and justice for all." This means that every citizen has the right to freedom and justice. Freedom as in, those citizens can't be compelled to work for free, and justice as in the state has the responsibility to bring those who trespass against you to trial by a jury of peers. Basically it means you are a free person, and no one has
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Part One: How was the American public’s opinion affected by events such as the Vietnam War or Watergate? Part Two: What search engine did you use? Google What words did you type into the search engine to get your results? “american public opinion on watergate scandal” “american public opinion on vietnam war” What sources did you choose? Provide the web address and title of each source. Watergate Scandal: Nixon Resigns http://ropercenter.cornell.edu/the-american-publics-attitudes-about-nixon-post-watergate/
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Tinker v. Des Moines (Independent Community School District) was a controversial court in 1965 were multiple students in Des Moines wear black arm band in protest of the Vietnam War by doing so they were suspended from school. In December of 1965, a group of kids from throughout the city of Des Moines, Iowa congregated at the home of Christopher Eckhardt a sixteen year old student from Des Moines. The meeting was called discusses a plan to wear black armbands to school in protest of the Vietnam War
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hurt, and the solution is to destroy anything that could make political opinions differ. The struggle between morals and First Amendment rights is making the censorship issue more complicated. Sacrifice is not necessary to keep personal morals and freedom of speech and the press. In the court case Counts v. Cedarville School District, 295 F.Supp.2d 996 (W.D. Ark. 2003), a school restricted access to Harry Potter because it dealt with witchcraft and disrespect for authority. At first glance, censoring
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perfectly describe the book of Fahrenheit 451 because of all the things that are restricted in it. Much is censored/restricted in this book, including thoughts, freedom, knowledge and even rights. The society of Fahrenheit 451 is a society filled with arrogance, temerity and laziness. All these negatives are caused by the lack of freedom and the entirety of censorship mentioned throughout the book. In the world of Fahrenheit 451, firemen start fires rather than extinguishing them. People of this
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states '' The American flag is cherished symbol of our national aspirations. It is the closest object to a national icon, rivaled only by the Constitution and Declaration of Independence.'' Then in lines 28-30 state '' each individual is to have freedom to develop by his or her own rights, and not by the command of officialdom.'' Just as these two quotes state everyone has their own opinion if they rather want or don't want to burn the flag. There is neither a right or wrong choice as the court decided
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