Amrhein, Lexie SR “Free-Speech Follies”
Background Stanley Eugene Fish, born April 19, 1938 in Providence, Rhode Island, attended the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University. His publications include, There’s No Such Thing As Free Speech, and It’s a Good Thing, Too (1994), Professional Correctness: Literary Studies and Political Change (1995), The Trouble With Principle (1999), and How Milton Works (2001). His most popular piece of work is Surprised by Sin: The Reader in Paradise Lost (1967). New York Times, Harper’s Magazine, Esquire, The Atlantic, and The Chronicle of Higher Education have all published his work. Fish’s awards include the “Spielvogel-Diamstein …show more content…
However, he concludes that they caught the wave too late. He makes clear that this issue is evident in universities across the nation. Fish uses examples from the University of Illinois, San Rosa Junior College, the Harvard English Department, and the University of California. These follies are all similar considering they claim their First Amendment rights have been violated. Although, according to the author they have not. The people are still allowed to freely speak. The only issue here is that people receive hate mail or negative reviews from the public when they post an article or host a poet who has made clear and negative statements about Jews, and they become bitter. Therefore, they cry that their right to free speech is being violated, but how can that be true when they are still allowed to express their opinions? When one’s print generates negative responses from the public it does not in any way involve the Constitution. People are simply desperate to act as the victim when others send them hate mail. However, there are only a few, but real “First Amendment heroes” (13) are out there. Fish uses Toni Smith as a true hero example. Smith exercised her right, and turned around during the national anthem. According to the author, too many citizens are making a desperate attempt at fitting the hero category. However, they simply look like
Background Stanley Eugene Fish, born April 19, 1938 in Providence, Rhode Island, attended the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University. His publications include, There’s No Such Thing As Free Speech, and It’s a Good Thing, Too (1994), Professional Correctness: Literary Studies and Political Change (1995), The Trouble With Principle (1999), and How Milton Works (2001). His most popular piece of work is Surprised by Sin: The Reader in Paradise Lost (1967). New York Times, Harper’s Magazine, Esquire, The Atlantic, and The Chronicle of Higher Education have all published his work. Fish’s awards include the “Spielvogel-Diamstein …show more content…
However, he concludes that they caught the wave too late. He makes clear that this issue is evident in universities across the nation. Fish uses examples from the University of Illinois, San Rosa Junior College, the Harvard English Department, and the University of California. These follies are all similar considering they claim their First Amendment rights have been violated. Although, according to the author they have not. The people are still allowed to freely speak. The only issue here is that people receive hate mail or negative reviews from the public when they post an article or host a poet who has made clear and negative statements about Jews, and they become bitter. Therefore, they cry that their right to free speech is being violated, but how can that be true when they are still allowed to express their opinions? When one’s print generates negative responses from the public it does not in any way involve the Constitution. People are simply desperate to act as the victim when others send them hate mail. However, there are only a few, but real “First Amendment heroes” (13) are out there. Fish uses Toni Smith as a true hero example. Smith exercised her right, and turned around during the national anthem. According to the author, too many citizens are making a desperate attempt at fitting the hero category. However, they simply look like