As John Stossel would say, “Wake up America!” Our rights are being taken from us every time we turn around and it’s up to us to realize this and make the change. People are becoming weak to words and just falling back with no fight, finding comfort in just conforming with the popular opinion. America’s youth is growing up in a completely controlled society with biased opinions and we need to wake up!
Oversensitivity is a reoccurring problem with America today. In John Stossel’s “Censored in America”, he discusses how some colleges offer “safe spaces” for people who are feeling uncomfortable or offended. People, instead of debating head on with their oppressors, go to a room where they can “recuperate” from the “trauma”. When colleges provide
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Teachers of public education are restricted to certain books they must cover or are not allowed to use. Most of these books are satirical and received bad reviews when first published, mainly to sway people from reading them, but are considered some of America’s greatest literary works now. The Grapes of Wrath, for example, was banned in 1939 because of profanity and references to sexual behavior. The Grapes of Wrath, however, tells the tale of the Dust Bowl and how poorly the government treated its citizens. Exhibit B is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, banned in 1884 for being “racially insensitive” and “oppressive”. The satirical effect here was how wrong America was for capturing and trying to possess another human being. Both books were pointing out fallacies in the government and both happened to be on the list of banned school reading materials. Banning books not only limits what teachers may teach in their classrooms, but also is violating the author’s right to their free speech as well. The school, state, or federal government is declaring that what the authors wrote is not allowed to be seen by America’s youth, taking from their free speech, but also violating the youth’s rights to an unbiased education. America’s leaders only want us to read and learn what they see fit. Times have changed and they’re stuck in their