The Benefits Of Freedom Of Speech

Growing up as a child, I was always told not to say certain words and or phrases if I did I would often be punished because of it, if even it was after something like stubbing my toe. Thinking about why words like fuck, shit, damn, etcetera were “bad” I could never find a reason. Now being grown and thinking on this topic it was because these words fit the accidental criteria of words, we can’t say such as being profane, said loudly, or with aggression. When someone or a group of people uses profanity or is loud, it is often frowned upon because it is closely associated with negative speech. For public speech to be revoked or punished there is some specific terms that need to be met. The first sufficient criteria is that the form of speech

This is a big debate with may radical groups who want to voice their extreme views, such as the KKK who use their First Amendment rights to encourage racism towards African Americans, whether this be through language like racial slurs or it be by denouncing and belittling them as an entire race. The idea that words that are meant to provoke feelings of rage are protected by the First Amendment are totally false, according to Steven Pinker’s book “The Stuff of Thought” the U.S supreme court recognizes five kinds of unprotected speech one of which “are advocacy of imminent lawless behavior and “fighting words,” because they are intended to trigger behavior reflexively rather than to exchange ideas”( 333). Ultimately, what is discussed in this passage is that if you are trying to encourage destructive actions of another person through offending them with hurtful language instead of trying to properly and politely prove a point than your actions are not protected by our First

Bodenhamer it discusses in depth the debate about our First Amendment rights and what control the government has over them. In the article it says, “government could not restrict speech unless it posed a known, immediate threat to public safety.”(13). This idea wasn’t brought to the court 's attention until Schenck v. The United States were Schenck tried to convince draft age men to resist the draft. This was deemed as not protected by our First Amendment because the Supreme Court said that anything that causes a threat to public safety is not protected by our First Amendment rights. Based on multiple articles about our right to free speech it’s a common consensus your freedom of speech is limited only if it is meant to provoke violent