Free Speech: The Guardian of our Liberties
On June 15, 1775 our young country, low on ammunition and entrenched on a small hill, fought against the near invincible British Empire. Although this fierce battle only lasted three hours and ended as a victory for Britain, the Battle of Bunker Hill gave our forefathers the will to continue the fight. The fight for the freedom to speak against the monarch and his laws. Our forefathers face innumerous odds to eventually win the freedoms they were denied by the red coats. Today, some in our country are attacking the right to free speech as passionately as the British did two hundred years ago. Freedom of speech is the fundamental liberty that all other liberties are built upon, and must be protected from the constant attacks to limit our constitutional right.
Most people who want to limit free speech do not realize the impacts that will eventually follow, limiting speech has to limit all other freedoms. How is it possible to have free expression of religion without free speech? How about freedom of press without speech? James Madison, the creator of the First …show more content…
Our founding fathers understood the integrity of free speech; without the independence to express your ideas, there can be no true freedom. Today’s generation of Americans need to take a step back and think about the future implications of restricting free speech, and what kind of a nation will we leave for our children. A nation that is afraid of hurting feelings, being politically incorrect, and unable to interact with differing opinions is a nation that will fall to mediocrity and eventually to tyranny. This is a far-cry from the nation who defended with their lives the belief that all men should have the ability to voice their
On June 15, 1775 our young country, low on ammunition and entrenched on a small hill, fought against the near invincible British Empire. Although this fierce battle only lasted three hours and ended as a victory for Britain, the Battle of Bunker Hill gave our forefathers the will to continue the fight. The fight for the freedom to speak against the monarch and his laws. Our forefathers face innumerous odds to eventually win the freedoms they were denied by the red coats. Today, some in our country are attacking the right to free speech as passionately as the British did two hundred years ago. Freedom of speech is the fundamental liberty that all other liberties are built upon, and must be protected from the constant attacks to limit our constitutional right.
Most people who want to limit free speech do not realize the impacts that will eventually follow, limiting speech has to limit all other freedoms. How is it possible to have free expression of religion without free speech? How about freedom of press without speech? James Madison, the creator of the First …show more content…
Our founding fathers understood the integrity of free speech; without the independence to express your ideas, there can be no true freedom. Today’s generation of Americans need to take a step back and think about the future implications of restricting free speech, and what kind of a nation will we leave for our children. A nation that is afraid of hurting feelings, being politically incorrect, and unable to interact with differing opinions is a nation that will fall to mediocrity and eventually to tyranny. This is a far-cry from the nation who defended with their lives the belief that all men should have the ability to voice their