The First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America states American citizens have the right to freedom of speech, press, and religion. ("First Amendment") Censorship is the infringement of these rights. Americans should never be censored because it goes against the first amendment and everything that the men and women of the U.S. military have fought and died to protect. When people are not censored they can live freely without worry of being told what they can and can’t do. They can say what they want to say and produce things without having to worry about breaking a law. They can express themselves however they feel and not worry about what they produced being taken away. If someone is censored they could be made out to be someone they are not because they are only allowed to say certain things that they might not agree with. A person might also work hard on something and get it taken away because it did follow the censorship rules that were set by the power over them.
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There are a couple of different groups that want this; one of these is the people that identify as liberals. They believe that people should censor what they say so they do not offend other people or to get rid of racism (“Political correctness”). This would be fine if they didn 't want to take away all opposing opinions and not let people say what they want to say or do what they want to do. Another group that wants censorship is the people who want the government to have more power over its citizens. They want this so they can’t be stopped if they want to take all the power. This wouldn 't happen immediately but it is a stepping stone to a lot of government control over people. If the government gets too much power, it could lead to loss of a lot things that make the U.S. the best place to be like freedom of speech and expression because someone wants to much