Speech repetition

“Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech” is the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Does this amendment state that I can say anything, without restriction, and not have consequences from the government? The language the first amendment uses indicates that government cannot restrain any speech; but, there is speech that is constitutionally protected and there is speech that is not constitutionally protected. I believe the wording of the amendment is broad and we do have…

Throughout a child’s development, it has been shown that stimulating creativity and individuality produces well rounded adults. Part of creativity is expressing you through personal appearance. Uniforms are being used widely in private and public schools around the world. Experts claim they are used to take the competition out of the way one dresses, keeps the focus on learning, and bring safety back to the school halls. But in all reality they tend to make things worse. They take away a…

informal language during his speech. He achieves validity in his…

Our Freedom of speech is given to us, among our many other rights, so we the people can stand up for our words and be safe to talk our own opinions. But, with this freedom comes limitations that are tested everyday. Many forms of speech are prohibited in order to keep the peace in the atmosphere. We are limited by the government in order to keep equilibrium of society steady. Even though Chaplinsky had his right to speak, he did violate the law by insulting others and so he would be tried in…

Doing What You Have To: An Analysis of “A Life Beyond ‘Do What You Love’” It is ingrained in many young children to follow their dreams and to make career choices based on those dreams, but sometimes that is not always possible. Gordon Marino, an award-winning professor, brings light to this subject in an essay that he wrote and that the New York Times published. In his piece, Marino argues that it is not always wise to do what one loves. Marino persuades his audience to consider the possibility…

Azar Nafisi and Maggie Nelson both address the issue of the ideology of art in their respective works, Reading Lolita in Tehran, and “Great to Watch.” Nafisi’s work focuses on whether or not one can use art as an escape to an imaginary world of their own ideologies. Nelson tries to show how art can let everyone have their own thoughts and ideas, without the presence of bias from the media. Ideology is best defined as an interconnected system of ideas, and both Nafisi and Nelson’s works…

The Civil Liberties Association states new measures taken in Bill C-51 makes free speech “chilled because the offense is vague and overbroad” (2). Due to this broad definition of the offense, defenses may be overlooked because there is no clear-cut method of defining the offense. In Sheryl Hamilton’s article, Criminalizing Expression: Obscenity and Hate Speech, she notes there are four defenses to hate speech that would fall under the freedom of expression. Firstly, if the facts stated can be…

America, free speech has been a privilege that has been used to its extent but that has also been criticized and censored. In the current state of our country, free speech has been both expressed and censored to a maximum because of different viewpoints that people have. The people who are trying to censor everyone else’s free speech do so because of various reasons that are essentially harming to our country as a whole. The reasons that cause for censorship of certain forms of free speech…

to any aspect of military effectiveness…” (“Sexual Orientation and Military Service Briefing Sheet”). While it may have seemed effective at the time, the DADT policy restricted certain people unequally and unreasonably. The policy restricted free speech to homosexuals and bisexuals, which went against their basic First…

Facebook and Government censorship Dear American public, as some of you may know the New York Times has reported that we, Facebook have developed a software that would allow us to suppress posts from appearing in people’s new feeds depending on different geographic areas. It has not been yet made available yet because of concerns from many people. There are many moral reasons why people, including us think that this new technology should and should not be used. As one of the largest companies…