The New Freedom

Censorship is the practice of officially examining publicly available materials and suppressing the “unacceptable” parts. This process has been used on printed products since the 15th century. As time went on censorship has been applied to materials such as literature, movies, television, music, and the internet. Today, censorship is a rising topic in this country. We now live in a world that is widely connected, and some may think that means censorship is more important than ever, but not all.…

American right to freedom of speech has come under scrutiny from people of different demographics, religious beliefs, and political ideologies. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or 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.” According to freeexistence.org, America is 68th in the freedom of speech and…

the government. People wondered whether it was more ethical for a country to support one religion or to not support any religion. Over time, this issue has receded as more and more countries have adopted a policy of religious freedom, yet religious freedom has raised all new issues regarding the role of religion in politics. The major questions now pertain to the extent to which personal religious views should influence citizens’ political decisions. In the United States, it…

Freedom of speech is one of the defining features of America, and Trump’s presidency has generated a toxic environment for those who disagree with each other. Numerous college campuses have begun restricting freedom of speech to lessen conflict, costing some students the right to pray or peacefully promote their beliefs (Maloney Jr. 5). Most recently, protesters at Middlebury College in Vermont prevented Charles Murray, a conservative political scientist, from speaking and injured a professor…

The first amendment guarantees five basic freedoms to the American citizens. These freedoms are of speech, press, petition, assembly and religion. As all the amendments, the first amendment is intended for use in situations with the government. The reason it was written was because at America’s inception, citizens demanded a guarantee of their basic freedoms. In result the very first and most important amendment was created. Freedom of speech allows Americans say what they would like to say…

one way or another. A recent conflict regarding freedom of speech is…

offensive should be banned and that they should designate what is made available for children to read. Those who champion First Amendment rights would challenge that books should never be banned because books, no matter their content, allow intellectual freedom…

(Talerman 1994). She then proceeded to sue Tupac, but more specifically Time Warner, for their role in the event in promotion and distribution of the music and for displaying ‘gross negligence’ (Malloy and Krotoszynski 2000). However, Tupac’s right to freedom of speech ultimately won the case, with Time Warner’s attorney James George also suggesting that this crime appeared to be more about American gun laws rather than lyrics (Philips…

presented as the opposite of freedom, and music as the epitome of free expression. “Music, at its most fundamental, is freedom” (Nuzum 153). By this account, censorship is wrong. Governments should not control people. It should be the other way around. Creativity is restricted. It stifles the opposition, broadcasting only a particular point of view (Stubner). As for the advisory stickers, a 1994 study of music stores in Portland, Oregon, found the warnings on 8 percent of all new releases, but…

of North Americans’ lives during colonial times. Many different groups moved to North America to escape religious persecution in their home countries. However, “freedom of religion” did not always exist in the present-day United States. While many groups came to North America to escape religious persecution, they only wanted the freedom to practice their own religion and did not necessarily want everyone to be able to practice their own religion. Until the Bill of Rights was introduced, people…