Speech Mechanisms Essay

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 as American as apple pie. Not only is it the cornerstone that binds our beliefs together, it also unites the nation. The first amendment to the Constitution contains freedom of speech, religion, and assembly. While freedom of speech may be widely interpreted the US Supreme Court cases ensure that the liberties granted to the people are honored appropriately. The Bill of Rights dates back to the US Constitution’s conception. The first amendment was passed in 1789.…

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…

the United States, freedom of speech should be accepted and not looked down upon. The First Amendment in the Constitution is supposed to protect our right to freedom of speech, we should be allowed to speak what is on our minds without consequence. Today, freedom of speech is not accepted and is always opposed. The government, your boss, your teachers and even your parents all tell you what you can and cannot say, this is unfair and unconstitutional. Freedom of speech is not protected anywhere,…

John Mill writes “As it is useful while mankind are imperfect there should be different opinions, so is it that there should be different experiment of living; that free scope should be given to varieties of character, short of injury to others; and that the worth of different modes of life should be proved practically, when anyone thinks fit to try them.” (Mill, 65) Mill is not suggesting that actions should be as free as opinions. In the contrary, actions and the liberty of a person should be…

The first amendment guarantees the right to speech and assembly. In an article titled “The Indispensable Opposition,” Walter Lippmann argues that freedom is a necessity to society and it can not function properly without that freedom. Lippmann uses a blunt tone as well as a dramatic pause, strong diction, and a reference from a historical philosopher in attempts to show that with political freedom comes toleration. The blunt tone in lines 1-20 candidly points out the cold hard facts that most…