Is Freedom Of Speech Good Or Bad

Freedom of speech: Is it good or bad? I believe that at the time the First Amendment was written, it was a good thing … It was a way of giving the American people a right to talk to the government about something perceived as unjust with an inability by the government to shut them down for speaking. I think that, today, people take this amendment well beyond its original intent. For example: Telling a man he isn’t worth anything, because he is black … Or, back-talking your parents, because you’re a entitled little brat … In short, saying whatever you want, is not what our Founding Fathers had in mind. And, just because someone can say something does not mean they should. This is where people get freedom of speech (covered by the Bill

For example: I have a glass of milk and, as I drink the milk, I realize it is sour – sour enough to make myself and other people sick from drinking it. Now, it is my moral responsibility and, then, my right, to inform whomever is in charge (i.e. the manger, the owner, etc.) that it is hurting anyone who drinks it. But, this amendment does not give me the right to accuse the manager of putting poison in every container of milk and, then, to go to the press spread lies across

I think what I have learned in writing and gathering research for this paper is that freedom of speech is not bad, at all. It was our Founding Fathers attempting to make – to some degree – citizens equal in voice to their government and demonstrating that every man from the elected official to the one that cast a vote to elect him is created equally. I do believe, though, that freedom of speech is taken for granted today in a sense of, “I’m better than you, because your opinions are different than mine.” And, I genuinely believe that the problem is with ourselves rather than the other person, which means that we need to first examine ourselves before we take the stage – and judge one