Sommers's Argument Essay: Censored In America

The famous phrase, “the pen is mightier than the sword”, is something that was cherished in America and still is today, but in a different way. I grew up in an America where this phrase was the very passion that was threaded into every American’s vein, it was the silver lining for every opinionated citizen and the only shred of dignity we could possibly possess when all else was lost. But, today it seems like the pen has lost its might and has turned away from healthy arguments and open discussion and to a new reign of closed mindedness and a world where only one opinion exists.
The liberals that once fought for freedom of speech, are now the ones fighting against it. This is seen now in the growing debate to allow government officials to …show more content…
Sommers in her video on her Factual Feminist blog (Richardson). This new atmosphere is a threat to free speech and marks the death of healthy debate because new generations today are reluctant to listen and discuss. This phenomenon has become so rampant that students are now limited to a small triangle of concrete and whiteboard in a, “free speech zone” because others may find their words ‘disturbing’. If these students are considered adults then why should they be kept from the disgusting and brutal reality that not everyone agrees with them and basic social skills are now being lost because they are running to the safe space, “where cultures go to die,” an opinion voiced by Mark Steyn in his conversation with John Stossel. There is not any areas where there should be more or less free speech because it should not even be a question. To allow more free speech means that it is has been revoked and it should not be. To restrict free speech is then putting American people into the position of being a victim of their own rights, which in turn alters what we hear, see, and …show more content…
Citizens across the nation that believe in their First Amendment right, just like any American should, are not even fighting because they are unaware that there is anything to fight against. The population needs to see, hear, and feel the issues in order for any change to go underway, but many stories have been deemed ‘disturbing’ so, they go unheard of. Maybe one day the pen will be crowned victor over the violent sword and passion for debate and open mindedness will be pumping through every American’s heart, which is an America I want to live