The Importance Of Freedom Of Speech In The United States

Having Free Speech is the basic right that Americans have, it is the ability to speaks one’s mind and ideas. Theres are many benefits to having the ability to project ideas without censorship. Caleb Yong author of “Does Freedom of Speech Include Hate Speech?” argues that the liberal justice has a special protection against the restriction of speech and expression, he calls it “Free Speech Principle” where it includes its “sensitivity to the distinction between coverage and protection (Yong)” that the speech should be monitored. Hate speech is too broad to single out the negative effect that it can have in any group. The main concept of this article includes the four categories that hate speech can be set in. The first one is targeted abusive speech, second large number of abusive speech, third organized political exclusivity, and fourth slander against any specific groups. Certain speeches do not fall under the Free Speech Principle which are called “uncovered speech,” when that occurs there has to be a counter part to the speech. It has to have benefit and cost, usually the benefits out weighs the harm in the speech. Freedom of Speech is supported by justification because each speech is given factor in some benefit that over rules …show more content…
I agree with Caleb Yong article on how free speech is important because he explained how lead each person to form the own ideas and opinion and individualize themselves, and although it can lead to hate speeches there is also speeches that benefit for the better. It’s important for people to speak your opinion and ideas without having to have restriction on how important the matter is to you. Every speech has its negative and positive points but it usually the benefits out weigh the negative factor of the speech. I do think that is very important to keep in mind that every action has its