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current day Republicans. Generally Republicans support the first of the two interpretations of free speech. Republicans take a literal view of the first amendment and believe hate speech or not, all speech even including unpopular speech, should be free to be said. The second of the two interpretations is that some free speech is hate speech. The second interpretation argues that…

June 6th, 1944. The place? Normandy France. I am sure many of you are already aware of the event. The Ally soldiers marched up the beaches, bullets flying past their heads, explosions deafening the noise of those falling around them. This day, deemed D-Day, is one of the most important dates in history. [Enargeia] But what were they fighting for? Sure you could say they were fighting against France, or Germany, or Japan, but really these men were fighting for something bigger than that. Freedom.…

This paper will endeavor to apply John Stuart Mill’s model of free speech to a situation brought to the forefront in an episode of TVO’s The Agenda, titled What is Wrong with Mark Steyn? The episode explores the issue of Maclean’s magazine refusing to publish a response to a series of articles by Steyn that were being viewed as hateful, as well as potentially harmful, to Muslim people in Canada. It will be argued that Mill would advocate for Maclean’s to publish a response to Steyn’s hateful…

In the article titled, “Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought,” Jonathan Rauch concludes that hate speech should not be censored on campus. Rauch believes that students have a right to academic freedom. He believes that students will not feel free to explore or question topics that may be taboo, if they are fearful of reprimand, limiting their ability to learn about the world during a crucial time in their education. First Rauch argues that gaining knowledge is painful and…

The law is truly the most important aspect in a civilized society, the law is made to protect people and stop others from committing harmful actions. As acts are passed, things tend to change for better or worse. There have been a large number of society-altering acts passed, each one affecting different people in different ways; Whether the effect was social, political or economic, depends on perspective and where you, as a person, stand in society. The law is truly the most important aspect of…

The events in our society had led to anger, and hatred toward Muslims. Hate crimes have increased immensely after the recent events as mention on The Rise of Hate Search article. The hatred has been present because there were many innocent lives that were lost due to inhumane events. The number of anti-Muslims has increased “According to our model, when all the data…

The concept of free speech is heavily debated in the media. It is human nature to laud our superiority over others, and with free speech, the results are people, who may not be smarter, trying to put down others and push their opinion on them. Free speech is vital for the health of our society but it most definitely needs limits too. In a perfect world freedom of speech would be allowed up until the point when you are purposely hurting and offending people, but it would be impractical to…

If Richard Spencer were to request to give a speech on SVSU’s campus, then the school should decline his request. This is because Richard Spencer’s speech is, or at the very least, very very close to hate speech. Further, allowing Richard Spencer’s speech does not necessarily align with John Stuart Mills opinion on the “evils of silencing speech”. Lastly, allowing Richard Spencer to speech on his white supremacist movement would result in a slippery slope. The speeches that Richard Spencer…

Censorship is considered the “suppression or prohibitions” of any visual or multi-media, such as books, movies, and news sources. The primary use of censorship is to ban what is thought to be obscene or unwanted materials from the public eye in order to keep some sort of security within society. For instance, it is believed that the idea of having a politically correct culture prohibits us from offending those around us. Being politically correct or imposing the idea of political correctness is,…

discrimination is not something that should be should be supported, or celebrated. On the contrary, racial discrimination, of any measure, should be frowned upon and opposed. Racial discrimination should be opposed for the role that it plays in gang violence, hate crimes, mental health, and oppression. Historically, racial discrimination created…