The Freedom Of Speech

Protesting in the National Football League has been going on, as some of the country’s most beloved and highly recognized athletes are seen disrespecting the United States of America on national TV every weekend. The players’ reason for the protesting is police brutality, you can see them kneeling, raising their fist in the air, or even sit in the locker room while the national anthem is being played. Although I do understand what they are trying to do, I believe that there definitely better ways to go about their protest. The protests started in 2016 when Colin Kaepernick, quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, took a knee during the national anthem. When question about his actions he responded by saying, “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of colour”(Lake). While some people sided with Kaepernick most people took offense to his decision to kneel. In him doing this it has caused a league wide outbreak in protest; as players and sometimes even whole teams take a knee or show some type of protest during our country's anthem.

The First Amendment, one of the most controversial amendments in this day of age, is the freedom of speech. Many people believe that people should have the freedom of speech without any restrictions but others believe differently. In the movie “We are Legion” the First Amendment is viewed differently between the two groups, the Anonymous and the rest of the world. While the world believes that some information should be confidential and have restrictions on what should be said and how it can be said. Anonymous believes that information should be made public for the public and their actions should be protected by the First Amendment. Although the First Amendment protects the group, many people believe that they should still be charged and tried for releasing confidential information to the public. Should people be charged for exercising a right that was given to them by the country that they live in? While some people believe that freedom of speech is limited, others want no restrictions on the amendment, except for example if you are in someone’s home and have limited speech. As a citizen of the United States, I do not believe that Anonymous is doing the right thing even if they are protected by the First Amendment.

Freedom of Speech. The First Amendment. It’s likely the most well-known part of the United States Constitution, and was considered by the founders of our country to be one of the most important pieces of a free society. While in years prior it has generally been agreed upon that free speech - especially political speech - is vital to democracy, today there are some people singing a different tune. There are those who believe that certain offensive speech (or in some cases any and all offensive speech) should be prohibited by law. This idea of restricting offensive verbal content is known generally as ‘political correctness’ and will be referred to as such here. The First Amendment says that “Congress shall make no

Freedom of speech is one of the foundations that our founding fathers upon to make the great country we live in. Some people think that we need more limitations on this freedom then we already have or completely remove it (“Should Freedom of Speech be Restricted on College Campuses?”), but in reality that is not the truth. The truth is that we need to protect this right because there are people who have died trying to obtain and protect this right and every other right that we have in America, and to destroy it would be a waste of their sacrifice.

What is Speech? Speech includes any form of verbal or visual gesture. Freedom of speech means that as a person, you have the right to say what you feel without being punished or penalized. You may have to suffer dire consequences for your actions or words, but you still have the right to say them. Dictionary.com defines Freedom of Speech as, “the right of people to express their opinions publicly without governmental interference, subject to the laws against libel, incitement to violence or rebellion, etc.” In a diverse world such as ours with varying opinions and beliefs, the need to be able to have unlimited freedom to speak about any and everything that concerns us is vitally important to improve our society. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution states that:

Philadelphia 1787, our forefathers set forth the ideas that would establish a country of free men escaping the persecution of England. They created a set of right that every American or immigrant, has an equal opportunity too. When someone tries to take this away, by this paper, they are our enemy. A right that everyone knows is freedom of speech. As an American, I live in a country that allows for me to be whatever I want or say whatever I want, as long as it does not directly hurt an individual or group. Due to current events, freedom of speech is limited for a group of individuals. Oddly enough it's not the group one would think; it is not the Neo-Nazi’s who killed someone in Charlottesville or the group of white kids who hung a biracial child from a tree, it is the NFL players who kneeled during the anthem. A right is a right no matter what race, religion, creed, gender, or sexual orientation. Although I do not think what the NFL stands behind is solid ground, I still believe that their right to protest should not be taken away. Presidents Trump's words toward these players who did not stand were utterly uncalled for. I do not want someone who directly called a group of citizens “sons of bitches” to protect a country of millions. His statement that they should be “fired” for protesting is absurd. They, as with millions of others think that the treatment of minorities in this country is unfair, that is why they are protesting there is no other reason. If Trump wants to suppress their free speech, he must be equal and suppress all forms including his white supremacist brothers.

Raphael Cohen-Almagor did a remarkable job at addressing the current state of affairs in the nation of Israel when it comes to the presence of hate speech against minorities and how to appropriately resolve issues of hate speech without infringing on the rights of free speech that is important for the existence of democracy. The purpose of using this document by Emily Foster is to use the contents of the article to help support their current position on the act of democratic censorship, but wither it be in a way to promote censorship in order to maintain order, or to remove censorship as a way to promote free speech is unclear to me.

Before every National Football League game, the national anthem reverberates throughout the huge stadiums. Spectators rise from their seats, remain quiet, and when the tune finishes, they get raucous. However, Colin Kaepernick, a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, shattered this ritual two months ago. Before their season opener, Kaepernick elected to remain seated for the national anthem. Importantly, it took three successive weeks of this silent protest for anyone to notice. However, when audiences did notice, every form of media exploded with a myriad of headlines and opinions on the situation. With the nation impatiently waiting for answers, Kaepernick asserted that standing for the anthem implied that he was proud of the country,

The Founders made the press a First Amendment priority in the United States Constitution as a “protected role” to act as a check on elected officials. The press was part of the Constitutional “checks and balances” in holding elected officials accountable and to be observant for exploitation, as the press were in essence “the eyes and ears of the people.” Freedom of the press is the irrefutable privilege to propagate opinions in print without censorship by the government. Americans enjoy freedom of the press under the First Amendment to the Constitution, which states: “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

Freedom of speech is an essential right and freedom guaranteed to the citizens of the United States by the first amendment of the United States Constitution. The right to exercise this freedom, and to what extent, is a debate that has generated considerable discussion between governments, the press, and many international organizations such as WikiLeaks worldwide. In this current technological age of digital information and global social media, there is a growing need to maintain access to sensitive data and to control the release of classified information in relation to National Security, political and cultural affairs between the United States, NATO and NATO allies, and the protection of United States military personnel overseas.

During the 2016 preseason of the National Football League (NFL), San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, quietly sat during a rendition of the Star Spangled Banner. It was this day when controversy sparked and gained nationwide attention, and the backfire begins. Kaepernick saw all the terrifying events happening all over the media; he felt “furious, hurt and hopeless” that many unarmed African Americans are being killed by the police. Kaepernick wanted to give attention to what was happening, so he voiced his beliefs by peacefully protesting. NFL players such as Kaepernick should use their celebrity to calmly protest by kneeling during the National Anthem to stand for what is right and fight the injustice in America.

The freedom of speech is important for the people in the United States and it’s important around the world. Freedom of speech is the right to communicate one's opinions and ideas without the fear of the government retaliation or censorship. The Freedom of Speech is protected by the First Amendment in the United States of America. The Freedom of Speech is the ability to freely speak your mind

There are many issues that revolve around the right to speak freely. There are responsibilities that should be recognized that correlate with the freedom of speech. At what point does one’s words, written or spoken, become inappropriate? Should Americans be held accountable for the things that they might say or write? Should there be consequences for publishing or broadcasting information that is not correct? How are Americans suppose to differentiate what should and should not be deemed common knowledge, or privileged information? These issues are an important aspect of being American. When examining freedom of speech, Americans should be aware of how speech, verbal or written, affects the unity of our nation, government policy and public safety.

After Trump's tweet on Twitter about players of the National Football League disrespecting the country and the veterans that fought for it because they did not kneel for the American flag during the national anthem, people have become defensive over the FNL. Arguments have been made about how the players have not been disrespecting the country and are in support of Colin Kaepernick's stance of kneeling during the flag. What they fail to remember, however, is why Kaepernick was kneeling during the national anthem last year. He was kneeling to protest against the poor treatment of people of color in the U.S., not against the military. His original argument for taking a knee during the national anthem has been nearly forgotten after Trump's tweet, but it also raises an important question about the original reasoning. How political are Kaepernick’s actions when he was performing a civil right to peacefully protest? Some people might disagree with this idea, but others would point out that Kaepernick did was allowed as it was peaceful. Despite having the right to protest, many people would point out on how Kaepernick has been treated unfairly in the NFL since this ordeal has started.

What is free speech? Freedom of speech is the right to be allowed to say controversial things without punishment. The first amendment is the right of freedom of speech to all Americans. In addition, Americans have rights and laws they abide by, from gun laws to free speech. Free speech has a long history in America, from its beginnings in 1791, to artist in their crafts and to civilian’s rights to speak up and make a difference. Free speech differs from hate speech in a few ways, one being that free speech can be walked away from, hate speech is something forced upon a person. Although free speech is controversial, America protects it to give its citizens the freedom they deserve.