First draft: Rosenblatt Summary and Response
In “We Are Free to Be You, Me, Stupid, and Dead” Roger Rosenblatt discusses the views of freedom of speech. He uses examples to show different people’s views on freedom of speech. He also adds his own opinion throughout the article. I may or may not agree on some of the views. Do some people have limits on their own freedom of speech? People think they know how much freedom they can tolerate. How far will someone go using their “freedom”? Rosenblatt seems all for freedom of speech, and even broadening his knowledge of different views. People tend to speak their minds, but how much can one say or do to make others feel uncomfortable? Small things you wouldn’t consider to have big impacts do. For instance certain books have been banned. People have been accused of doing the wrong thing, just for their own right to freedom of speech. …show more content…
There are some main ones that I thought were interesting. One was about a museum exhibit, questioning the proper way to display the United States flag. In this museum exhibit, there was an American flag on the floor, people had to walk across it to get to the other items, in the exhibit. One visitor got offended and did what he felt was necessary. Rosenblatt stated the visitor said “That’s my flag, and I’m going to defend it” (Rosenblatt 502). This one shows disrespect on the U.S flag. Another example he uses is a basketball player getting suspended, for not standing up for the national anthem. The man didn’t stand up because it was against his religion. The NBA suspended him. This shows discrimination of freedom of religion and speech. Then a last one I thought was interesting was, about different states banning books for certain reasons. “In Georgia, the Harry Potter books were recently burned because they were said to encourage kids to want to be sorcerers” (Rosenblatt
In “We Are Free to Be You, Me, Stupid, and Dead” Roger Rosenblatt discusses the views of freedom of speech. He uses examples to show different people’s views on freedom of speech. He also adds his own opinion throughout the article. I may or may not agree on some of the views. Do some people have limits on their own freedom of speech? People think they know how much freedom they can tolerate. How far will someone go using their “freedom”? Rosenblatt seems all for freedom of speech, and even broadening his knowledge of different views. People tend to speak their minds, but how much can one say or do to make others feel uncomfortable? Small things you wouldn’t consider to have big impacts do. For instance certain books have been banned. People have been accused of doing the wrong thing, just for their own right to freedom of speech. …show more content…
There are some main ones that I thought were interesting. One was about a museum exhibit, questioning the proper way to display the United States flag. In this museum exhibit, there was an American flag on the floor, people had to walk across it to get to the other items, in the exhibit. One visitor got offended and did what he felt was necessary. Rosenblatt stated the visitor said “That’s my flag, and I’m going to defend it” (Rosenblatt 502). This one shows disrespect on the U.S flag. Another example he uses is a basketball player getting suspended, for not standing up for the national anthem. The man didn’t stand up because it was against his religion. The NBA suspended him. This shows discrimination of freedom of religion and speech. Then a last one I thought was interesting was, about different states banning books for certain reasons. “In Georgia, the Harry Potter books were recently burned because they were said to encourage kids to want to be sorcerers” (Rosenblatt