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    Logical Fallacy Analysis

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    The seven “common logical fallacies” are: hasty generalization, sweeping generalization, ad hominem, non sequitur, either/or fallacy, begging the question, and bandwagon (Kirzner & Mandell, 2012, p. 49). Hasty generalization is when there is only a brief mention of something that is important. Hasty generalizations should be avoided in academic writing because it confuses the reader as to what the important aspects of the story are. If something is important to the story, several mentions of it…

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    Hate Crime

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    Hate crime is a unique impact in the United States that causes the victims not only being hurt physically but also emotionally. Moreover, hate crime has a bias against “individual’s or a group’s perceived race, religion, ethnic/national origin, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation (Taylor, 2015). As for the ways of how white supremacist group uses the Internet to spread their message of hate toward individuals or a group can be varied from web cartoon characters, videos and video games…

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    Mill On Liberty

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    When it comes to freedom of speech, there are two main points which need to be taken into consideration. Firstly, what is known today as ‘’hate speech’’ might instigate violence. If someone manifests a hostile attitude towards an ethnical group, for instance, and encourages others to engage into violent acts towards the members of that community, then should the free speech be considered harmful in the first place? Secondly, there is a matter of which…

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    I think that the all people opinions are important, regardless their political ideology, economic activities, religion, profession, ethnical group, social class or way of life, because the truth not is property of the few people is a constant social construction. The ideas about someone topic are necessary, and the actors, athletes and rock star had been life’s experiences that they can to give to children, mothers, fathers, family and the social groups. In any case, every person is free in…

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    America is the greatest country on Earth, and it has been for many years. I am very happy to be an American citizen, and I would not want to live anywhere else. We have so much freedom in America, although some people believe that we do not have as much. The Bill of Rights gives us many freedoms, that cannot be taken away. The first reason I would like to talk about is freedom of religion, America was founded by people who were looking for freedom of religion, and that has been a staple in…

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    Web Filters In Schools

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    Are you tired of going through pages and pages of google just to find a website that isn’t blocked at school? Yeah, me too. It gets frustrating when you’re researching for a paper at school and it takes fifteen minutes to find a reliable website that isn’t blocked. There are many pros and cons when it comes to school web filters. People have different views on this topic. Some pros to having web filters in schools according to simplewallsoftware.com is, “...prevents students from accessing…

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    difference whether it’s a peaceful resistance or not? Yes, it does. What is peaceful resistance and how does it affect society? As a U.S citizen you have a right to speak and protest about anything the government says or does. “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." (Freedom) If, for example, there’s a student bullying another student, it is your human right to say something…

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    protect the community. There are many reasons why officials should not be able to monitor students’ online activity. For example, monitoring someone else's online activity and phone snooping is an invasion of privacy and a violation of freedom of speech. Gregory Diaz, a criminal suspect, agrees, saying, “Phone snooping violated the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.” No one should be able to monitor someone’s online activity without their…

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    Censorship In Libraries

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    helped us better the world. Libraries should never, in any case, be censored from the public. In the bill of rights, one of the most famous, and important amendments to americans in any time period is the first amendment, Specifically the freedom of speech. This right not only allows people to say whatever they want, it allows people to hear every side of an argument, and form their own opinions on many subjects, concerning our society…

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    the use of the name “the slants” for his band. The United States constitution protects the right to freedom of expression and speech. In this case, the trademark office violates both “freedom of speech” and “freedom of expression”. The standards have to be viable to protest “free speech” and it has to be reasonable and fill the requirements to question the freedom of speech. Basically what we're saying is, by Tam not being able to use the name “slants” as their band name, it's opening up a wide…

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