Speech Essay

important is free speech? Should it be restricted or limited in any way? The idea of free speech has been around since 1971 when the first amendment of the Bill of Rights was adopted. The intention of this idea was to give Americans the right to express themselves without having to worry about government interferences. As the years have gone by, the idea of how our speech is protected has changed. Under the first amendment it states that speech that would cause harm is not protected. Speech that…

In 2011, Will Ferrell gave an acceptance speech for receiving the Mark Twain Prize Award for American Humor. The location of this speech and event took place in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Will Ferrell’s acceptance speech is approximately ten minutes long, and his speech was a celebratory speech since he mostly thanked everyone for the award. I chose this speech because Will Ferrell is one of my favorite comedians and actors. My favorite movie that Will…

The first amendment of the Constitution states that all Americans have freedom of speech, religion, press, petition, and assembly. The Newseum has many exhibits celebrating these rights. The Cox First Amendment Gallery is the exhibit that celebrates every right under the first Amendment. The Louder than Words exhibit is about how rock music relates to the five rights. It is an exhibit on how rock inspired speech against the government and inspired people to write things that they believed in,…

on free speech. Even if the comments about Leslie Jones were considered as hate speech, it is still a part of free speech. When the government claims free speech is a right but censors unpopular opinions, it is censorship. It means that anyone is allowed to say anything only if you don't say certain things. This is a concept followed by totalitarian governments therefore America, a democracy, should not put any restrictions on free speech. The first amendment grants the right to free speech for…

with them that they are all of a sudden a bad person and people feel the need to have control of their words to make people be politically correct. There is a difference between just disagreeing with them and preventing someone from their freedom of speech. Being “politically correct” or “modernizations” is the use of banning words that the U.S. Government disagrees with or does not like. We do need…

Most of the people think that when we put limits on the freedom of speech, it won’t be a freedom anymore, but in fact, when this freedom interferes with other’s freedom; it is not a freedom anymore! Limiting the freedom of speech is a controversial topic, it has two perspectives; one of them is with applying censorship because they think it is protecting their rights while the other is against it because they think it is a threat and they want to know what is happening all around the world. The…

hate speech is essential to ensuring the continuation of free speech, as defined in the U.S. Constitution. I. Free speech is not an absolute right. Your right to free speech should be limited to use that do not impede on the rights of others. A) Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. argued that, “The right to swing my fist ends where the other man’s nose begins.” This should be applied to free speech, as well. B) Freedom of Speech is an important value, however it is not the only value. II. Hate Speech…

earned through determination and having to give up something. Freedom of speech is perhaps the most valued and contentious right out of all of the rights we have earned. Our ancestors worked hard to make sure that we could have the freedom that they were not given. On the First Amendments one of the rights listed is freedom of speech, specifically in that Congress will not proclaim a law that is “condensing the freedom of speech.” In 1925, the Supreme Court reached a decision that the First…

Free speech is a great part of being an American but it can have consequences. Which is why I agree with the Supreme Court's decision allowing the Westboro baptist church to protest at a military funeral because they followed the rules and law, it is their right to the first amendment, and they shared their beliefs and point of view on a public topic. As harsh as it is protesting at a Military funeral, the Westboro baptist church had every right to speak their mind. They followed the rules and…

posters all over the classroom labeled “Speech Code.” Upon further inspection you realize there is a speech code that violates your freedom of speech on campus. The sign states what you can’t and can’t say. The sign even has a wide variety of punishments listed for each speech code rule you break. All of a sudden it hits you. Your classmates are not willing to talk due to the speech code. They are afraid of the harsh punishments that come with violating the speech code. You soon begin to…