Freedom Of Speech: The First Amendments

Free Speech The First Amendments is a blessing that the United States is fortunate enough to have. The First Amendment protects the right to freedom of religion and freedom of expression from government interference (The First Amendment). The freedom of expression includes the right to free speech, press, assembly, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances (The First Amendment). Redress of grievances guarantees people the right to ask the government to provide relief for a wrong through courts or other governmental action (The First Amendment). People are allowed to practice their own religions and do not have to conform to one religion all because of the First Amendment. People's rights are protected with no government interference.

Letting the government control speech takes power from the people. "How much control over free speech do we want to cede to the people in power?" (Free Speech). If words are offending, people want the government or some other authority to ban that kind of speech and fell think the person how uses offensive language to be punished (economist). Even if the government had complete control over speech, what can they do to stop the offensive speech that his going on daily? "Laws against hate speech are unworkable, subjective and widely abused. Banning word or arguments which one group finds offensive does not lead to social harmony. On the contrary, it gives everyone an incentive to take offense–a fact that opportunistic politicians with ethnic-based support are quick to exploit" (economist). Speech that reminds people of issues and painful memories, can sometime be brought up by a compete accident. How is a person suppose to know that a simple word or phrase can trigger a terrible memory that happened in someone else's life? What will restricting speech do to change anything but give the government more power over what is

The person was never taught that people do not always say nice and can be extremely rude. Life in not ways friendly place. Now college campuses have 'cry rooms' there college students can go to cry about something that as offended them. "Institutions of higher learning have gone from being places that might be described as 'intellectual boot-camps' where [students] are challenged with a diversity of new idea, to being places that might now be, more accurately, described as 'kindergardens' for adults where they are no longer challenged, but instead treated as fragile, intellectual children and coddled with a 'safe place' to respond to anything challenging or upsetting" said Perry, a scholar at The American Enterprise Institute The truth is there is no solution that balances the right of free speech without being offensive. "The right to freedom of speech allows individuals to express themselves without interference or constraint by the government" (the first amendment). Some times this freedom is use to insult people. There is nothing that can be done to stop people from saying rude, offensive things. People just need to get over the fact that they have been offended and move on. If the government is allowed to restrict the right to free speech, who is to say that they won't restrict other parts of the First