Academic freedom

In 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…

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…

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 men will not accept…

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…

Colin Kaepernick kneeled during the national anthem due to his beliefs of freedom of speech. However, according to people in society many felt and still feel it was disrespectful to the United States, its flag, and its military”. Kaepernick stated"I have great respect for the men and women that have fought for this country,I have family, I have friends that have gone and fought for this country. And they fight for freedom, they fight for the people, they fight for liberty and justice, for…

Ravinder Kaur Professor Ms. Barksdale-Shaw English 111 College Composition I November 2, 2015 Freedom of Speech “Apne man ke bhavo aur vicharo ko parakat karna abhykiwat kahlata Hai”. Do you find it difficult to read the first sentence? Read it again you might understand a word or so. I bet, you won`t be able to guess what it means. Let me tell you, it means, “Freedom without the language can’t be Freedom. After spending many years in India, I moved to an environment that was totally…

Recently, students are experiencing some of their freedoms being taken by school administrators. Why would they do that? Mostly because the school administrators want to create a safe and healthy environment where students can learn. So the school administrators take away the student's right to speech. It sounds crazy, but the school administrators do this because the students are minors, and it is not violating their rights, but some disagree to that. Should students have the right to speak out…

What we say and how we say things can often impact not only ourselves, but also the people around us as well. That is why knowing when something is right or wrong is so important, because the worst thing you can do is offend someone when you weren’t trying to offend them. The topic of right and wrong when it comes to speaking is often times a bumpy road, that is why I feel that Professor Miles did a great job of not only navigating that road, but also providing a lot of great evidence to support…

What is hate speech? In today’s society, many people struggle to distinguish whether or not hate speech is an opinion or a crime. While the freedom of speech is protected by many democratic societies, many argue that hate speech is a criminal activity that leads to discrimination and violence. In the article “Argument – Should Hate Speech Be a Crime?” authors Joyce Arthur and Peter Tatchell use different rhetorical techniques in order to debate whether or not hate speech should be considered a…

Band Censorship [Are your kids reading, or watching things that are inappropriate for their age when not being supervised?] Maybe, well this were Censorship comes in. It controls the information that are in books, movies, even newspapers. With censorship there will be balance in the society. Censorship needs to come in when kids are reading a lot in and out of school, and is taking home bad behaviors. For many reasons censorship should be monitored for the learning of our kids in schools.…