Free speech/freedom of speech is defined as “the right of people to express their opinions publicly without governmental interference, subject to the laws against libel, incitement to violence or rebellion, etc.” There should not be limitations to freedom of speech for many reasons. If we censor hate speech, which would be the main cause for censorship, we would be censoring all of America. Hate speech is everywhere, everyone hates on everyone else and there’s no way to stop that. You could censor everything on tv or in music that could be considered hateful, but that wouldn’t stop the hating. We would just create a new slang word of some sort to put other people down, and that would just keep going on and on no matter what. Censorship is wrong
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This allows us to speak freely without fear of prosecution. We need to be able to speak against unjust policies and help our country with an open mind instead of a closed fist. People will always get offended by something whether it’s in regards to gay marriage, or racism, or sexism, people will always find a way to be upset about it. People’s opinions over certain matters should not be able to justify whether we go against the constitution or not. As humans, we all live in a box. If something happens that doesn’t appeal to us, we disregard it completely. We speak of equality and freedom for all but whenever someone has an opinion that differs from ours, we won’t let up about it. What does that say about us? How are we any different than what we speak out against. Freedom of expression is recognized as a human right under article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recognized in international human rights law in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Article 19 of the ICCPR states that "everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference" and "everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other
This allows us to speak freely without fear of prosecution. We need to be able to speak against unjust policies and help our country with an open mind instead of a closed fist. People will always get offended by something whether it’s in regards to gay marriage, or racism, or sexism, people will always find a way to be upset about it. People’s opinions over certain matters should not be able to justify whether we go against the constitution or not. As humans, we all live in a box. If something happens that doesn’t appeal to us, we disregard it completely. We speak of equality and freedom for all but whenever someone has an opinion that differs from ours, we won’t let up about it. What does that say about us? How are we any different than what we speak out against. Freedom of expression is recognized as a human right under article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recognized in international human rights law in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Article 19 of the ICCPR states that "everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference" and "everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other