Speech Essay

The internet is very expansive and can be accessed by anyone in the world that has internet access. This makes a platform for people to also say what they want such as hate speeches. These hate speech’s should be regulated because it incites violence and for the safety of the public. These hate speech’s that are going around on the internet incite violence across the world. For instance a group such as the neo natizis use the internet to spread their message and ideal’s to a large number of…

Freedom of speech is a privilege all Americans share. A person can state whatever they please, so long as it doesn’t cause a clear and present danger, without government interference. The idea that someone can legally think, be, and say whatever they want is what lead millions of immigrants to form the U.S. back in 1776 and is the same reason people fight for their right to live here today. Thanks to information being so accessible in this digital age, individuals are told that they are allowed…

to Racist Speech: Considering The Victim’s Story” Mari J. Matsuda addresses the topic of hate speech, and the legal rights surrounding it. She argues for the implementation of legal restrictions on hate speech. She makes the theoretical arguments that hate speech can be a causative factor for legitimate harm to individuals; she justifies the need for restrictions on hate speech by citing the various harm that can be conducted by individual that possess such speech. She claims hate speech can…

imagine human beings keeping silent for several years for the reason that they are scared to speak hate speech to another? May be true that in “Free Speech: Westboro Church Supreme Court Case Tests First Amendment” from Christian Science Monitor (Richey, 2010), Warren Richey shows that offensive speech terrorizes the battered minority. The author demonstrates how the people use offensive speech to harm third-party observers. Besides, Richey argues some people make offensive comments to bring…

12/14/2016 Freedom of speech is one of the core principles of a democracy, and it is guaranteed by the First Amendment of the United States. Adopted in 1791, the First Amendment, states that “Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” (Pilon, p. 13.) Our founding fathers have built a country where everybody can say, create, and do anything. The…

Steve Jobs was the CEO of Apple and Pixar. He made his Commencement speech during the Stanford graduation in 2005. His speech was directed to the graduates of that time and could have also been directed to many others. The purpose of his speech was to inspire these graduates to follow their dreams. The main point in his speech was to never give up and, as printed on “The Whole Earth Catalog”, “beneath a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on…

11th of May in 2013, George Saunders, an English professor, delivered a commencement speech that challenged human thinking. Saunders was the author of the New York Times best seller "Tenth of December", and a professor at Syracuse University in New York. He delivered a commencement speech to the graduating class of 2013, as well as their families, friends, and the board of directors at Syracuse. The ten-minute speech addressed his biggest regret; "failure of kindness". Saunders first…

course the most important one is to speak freely. That is why I chose the Article “Fighting for Free Speech on America’s Campuses that was posted in the New York Times. This Article first starts out with talking about the activist political group called FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education), how it was formed and how the movement is implementing in college campuses. Opponents of free speech and FIRE are demanding protection from offensive words and behaviors and safe places like…

“Absolute free speech under all circumstances can never be a possibility… speech advocating or inciting direct acts of violence and direct attacks on the physical integrity of another person should never be protected” (188). At first, their statement of complete free speech being an impossibility might come across as a completely unpatriotic idea, but regardless of personal feelings towards their thoughts, it is simply a fact. As uncomfortable and ethically incorrect as it might be, hate speech…

Freedom of Speech is the right to express any opinions without censorship or restraint. This is stating that people may speak their mind without consequences. Is that really true? Or do they get away with saying things because they are sly about it, or they do not think about the consequences. People can say what they want, when they want to, and to whomever they want. Is this what the First Amendment was intended for? One of the biggest scenarios with Freedom of Speech that bothers me is pushy…