Freedom of Expression Essay

Finn by Mark Twain. Written materials should not be censored or banned because it takes away the meaning and possible education of the reader. There has been a total of 11,300 books that have been challenged to be banned in the United States. The freedom to read is very important to some people and we shouldn't allow banning books just because some people find it offensive. The banning of books is preventing people from learning about the human nature and about how the…

Our first amendment is one of our most widely used amendments throughout the US. It includes the freedom of religion, the freedom of the press, the freedom of assembly, and last but not least, the freedom of speech. While we undoubtedly use the freedom of speech the most among the rest of the freedoms in the first amendment, we sometimes go too far using or saying what we want to. There are a lot of restrictions on the first amendment which some people find to be a good thing and some oppose the…

In the two stories, “The seduction of Safety, on Campus and beyond” by Roxane Gay and “Silly student Protesters Have It Wrong: “Safe Space” are Incompatible with a University” by Charles C.W. Cooke are both different in values and priorities. In Gay’s articles she believes that there is a chance for people to have “safe space” where they are able to be better in their own way. In Cooke article he think the opposite that there should be no change that they need to maintain focused on the real…

possible, but things like book banning limits that freedom. Schools and other places that have libraries are allowed to ban books because of the information they contain, and that is completely un-American. School boards and other organizations that ban books take away our freedoms and undermine democracy. To begin, banning books takes away freedom of speech. As the First Amendment states , “Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press…” This is exactly what…

There is an ongoing feud as to if censorship is appropriate to incorporate in governments, schools, and other institutions. Governments or other forms of authority engage in censorship in order to protect people from concepts they consider to be corrupt or immoral. Censorship eliminates evil mindsets and can help to prevent major conflicts from arising. On the other hand, censorship slows down creativity and innovation, violates citizens’ rights, and hides the truth. The Nazi Regime incorporated…

Free-Speech Debates”, tackles a well-argued question asked by liberals and conservatives. Do students who are attending college universities have the right to protest on campus? Right off the bat, Glaude categorizes conservatives as those who are against freedom of speech. This is the first small yet obvious piece of bias- bagging on conservatives. By placing them in this category, students now look at all conservatives as people who are not only against their protest, but against any ideas the…

Reflection Paper #1 The text that was most impactful for me was Kellie Bancalari’s “Free speech on campus? Not for adjunct faculty, it seems,” on USA Today. Bancalari’s article talks about free speech on campus and how the one group that has to be the most careful about what they say is adjunct professors. Adjunct professors are professors that work part-time and do not have tenure nor are they on track for tenure. She wrote that if adjunct professors say anything controversial or “incendiary”…

else’s favor when it is convenient for them. The same goes for the freedom of speech. Since middle school, it’s been taught that we have the freedom of speech, but it’s limited. Like yelling that there’s a fire in a building that doesn’t exist. As bad as it sounds, freedom of speech means you have the freedom to say what you want. Whether it offends people, put them in potential danger, or anything worse. Of course, I wish that freedom of speech wasn’t used that…

flowers in the background and mentions that one of his past clients would most likely to have some those flowers and asks her if they are nice flowers. The dullness in her expression had ceased to exist as she replied, “Beautiful. Oh, beautiful.” (Steinbeck 377). It was noted that her eyes began to shine with pride and her expression became attentive while describing the beauty of the flowers that she had…

The commercial is commissioned by Cadbury selling their Dairy Milk chocolate that goes for a length of 60 seconds. The commercial features a gorilla that appears to have a delightful and happy expression during the advert playing a famous drum solo “In the Air Tonight” by Phil Collins. The commercial is shot in a recording studio with a purple background which reinforces the brand Cadbury throughout the advert. The selling tactic that is used is humorous because a gorilla playing a drum kit…