Obama's Speech Essay

Our society faces a lot of challenges despite living in such a liberal world. We like to limit the activities we are not okay with or don’t understand, so in terms we label them as wrong or even outlaw them. We don’t like to experiment new ways of life, because we are often too comfortable living in our own shell of what is good and what is not. Anything outside of it is considered to be erroneous. John Stuart Mill stresses on the issue of conscience and individuality. Mill’s theory is that…

I chose the 1st amendment because it is the most important of all. It gives the people of America the right speak freely about anything. You can’t tell someone to be quite because they don’t like what you have to say. The founding fathers put this amendment in the bill of rights because they wanted everyone to be free to speak their mind, no matter what. A lot of people think that it doesn’t matter that this amendment exists so that people can speak their mind, most people who try to stop this…

Thesis: Censorship is a controversial issue which affects countries, as well their citizens, and needs to be controlled in a proper way for the fairness of all. II. Definition III. Saudi Arabia /Arabic Countries A.Problems 1. Threats to freedoms 2. Technology problems 3. Privacy (lack of transparency) & confidentiality IV. CHINA A. Social media B.Poltical censorship C.Commercial control V. USA A. Copyright law B.…

The government can regulate things like the radio and television because of the FCC. But there is no independent agency that has the right to regulate the internet. The government has no right to control the free flowing web of information we call the internet. It was created as a free place where one could express his or herself in anyway shape or form. The internet cannot and should not be regulated. The North Koreans regulate their internet and they are all commies. America deserves the free…

For this week’s assignment I chose to watch the commencement address delivered by CLA graduate Mike Paulbeck in 2015. I thought his speech tied in very well to the “laying a foundation for the future” theme. Matt Paulbeck in his speech talked a lot about how the University of Minnesota will prepare you for what comes next in life. I thought this was a profound statement because it shows the importance of the University of Minnesota when making decisions that will impact the rest of your life. In…

The schools of the United States are fighting the battle of filtered internet access for the youth of the schools and everything being censored due to teachers and students being protected from obscene graphics that pop up randomly on the screens being used in classrooms around the United States. Should schools have unfiltered internet access to both students and teachers? The schools should filter the internet to the students and teachers due to the open window of time for cyberbullying and…

An article titled “What Is Hate Speech?,” by Alan Dershowitz, discusses the idea that anything said by anyone could be seen as hate speech. The article is almost twenty-three years old and its question still remains unanswered. Recently, hate speech has become an issue on college campuses across the nation. This is because they feel the need to protect their students from hateful speech while at the same time uphold their First Amendment rights. This causes universities to be stuck in a limbo…

Freedom of speech is quite possibly one of the most important tools we Americans are provided, but with great power comes great responsibility. For example, in the sixties, around the time of America’s controversial involvement vietnam war, thousands of soldiers were drafted to the army, both black and white. Now if you’ll recall this was also the time of extreme opposition and protest for black and “colored” rights. African Americans were angry with the government at the time and the way they…

The students at University of Missouri set up an encampment on the campus quad. This encampment is considered their safe space from the racism that’s been occurring for quite a while on campus. Also these activists have been keeping their safe space journalist free due to “the insensitivity they encounter in the news media,” which you had stated that many can all agree on. There is a video of a news photographer who got into a conflict with some of the activist which caused a dispute that…

Mill asserts that the goal of freedom is to protect and support one’s autonomy and individuality, which allows for overall human progress. In order to accomplish this, people must be allowed freedom of thought and speech, provided it does not impinge on the rights of others. While Mill views this as good, specifically for the individual, it is more broadly conceived as good because it serves the benefit of all. Mill’s core utilitarian premise considers the idea of…