Freedom of Speech April 3, 2008
Posted by lee in Other.Tags: freedom of speech
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I think that freedom of speech means the right to talk without no one threatening you about the things you actually believe in. That means that nobody can stop you because that would be violating your right of speech. Even so, I think that you are not protected under the freedom of speech if you are not respecting someone with what you are saying. That may mean saying things that other people would take it offensively.
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances” (US Bill of Rights).
Above is the American Bill of Rights the First Amendment. In this amendment, I think that they mean that we all have the freedom of speech. Here, we all are saying that we all have the same amounts of freedom of speech. However, minors do not have the same amount of freedom of speech. In the cases of New Jersey vs. TLO, Tinker vs. Des Moines, and In Re Gault (we studied them in our US History class), the minors all have different rights to than the ones that adults have.
Especially in the court case of Tinker vs. De Moines, which actually deals with the Amendment 1, I think that this is a perfect example of your freedom of speech being violated because the armbands were only helping them express their feelings and they were not distracting them from school because it’s an ordinary armband.
On Internet, I think that you also have the freedom of speech. Even so, I think that you should never give bad comments and you should never use foul language.
-Lee
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I totally agree with you, freedom of speech is really important, and it is listed in the bill of rights. I like how you made a connection with History class, I knew that Tinker was a case of freedom of speech but I forgot about when I was writing my blog entry. Good post!
hey lee!
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You did an excellent job with your post of freedom of speech!
In the part that you say “even so, I think that you are not protected under the freedom of speech if you are not respecting someone with what you are saying. That may mean saying things that other people would take it offensively” why do you think it isnt protected by freedom of speech? If you think that you are not allowed to say something “bad” about someone, then how would the right of freedom of speech work? You also did an excellent work with relating our US History class wth this post.
great post!!
I really liked the way you expressed yourself, by saying that the freedom of speech of the minors is violated. I agree with you, when you say that sometimes the minors are not having the same rights of freedom of speech as the adults. The minors have the right to say what they feel and not get punished by. I also think that in the internet there are more restrictions about freedom of speech than in the real world because, now a day in the internet you can say things to people without giving your name out.