The Pros And Cons Of Free Speech

In the last week of May 2017, comedian Kathy Griffin leaked a photo that stirred up controversy, turmoil, and a lot of opinions against her. This photo was a replica of our President Donald Trump’s head, severed dripping with blood and was held by the comedian herself, Kathy Griffin. With this picture leaked, President Trump was highly offended along with his family that were not only offended but also traumatized by such action. Trump even tweeted to the world “Kathy Griffin should be ashamed of herself. My children especially my 11-year-old son, Barron, are having a hard time with this. Sick”. In Kathy Griffins defense she stated, “She said, unapologetically, that the image of her that’s gone viral is an expression of art. She believes Trump is doing tremendous damage to the country + the world and she wanted the art to reflect the seriousness of his impact. She said they were putting together a Trump mask and that led her to think of Trump’s infamous statement early on in the primary. The ‘blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her ears, blood coming out of her wherever’ statement. She also said she does not condone any violence, that provocative art should remain …show more content…
They can be broad in a sense of offensiveness, sensitivity, practicality as well as power. Some speech may be offensive to a dominate culture, a gender and or the government. The offensive speech may be directed to be spoken in a intention to reach the truth however offending to certain extent is a greater wrong than restricting free speech. Sensitivity is a speech that may neither be offensive or hateful however it may hurt the individual by bringing up their past, memory or pain that they once had and that may not be emotionally resolved. Power is what drowns out the opposing voices, some people who are powerful use their power or their title to promote their