America’s legal system has yet to serve justice to American citizens. Through Freedom of Speech, our constitution allows citizens to peacefully protest. The peaceful protesters of Charlottesville were stripped of these rights when white supremacists ran over a crowd of protesters. Several cases similar to this violent and hurtful act of hate show that Freedom of Speech is legal but not always accepted/encouraged in political settings.
According to Shankar Vandantam, NPR’s social science correspondent, citizens encourage free speech as long as it’s speech that expresses what they feel themselves. Otherwise, free speech isn’t accepted by a majority of citizens. Even more, while free speech is not accepted by citizens, U.S. politicians add to
According to Shankar Vandantam, NPR’s social science correspondent, citizens encourage free speech as long as it’s speech that expresses what they feel themselves. Otherwise, free speech isn’t accepted by a majority of citizens. Even more, while free speech is not accepted by citizens, U.S. politicians add to