What Is America Gift To My Generation

America offers so much to the people who live in the U.S., but America will always be full of criticism, violence, and people who are offended by everything. America still seems to manage to be one of the world's best nations. The first Americans planned America to be as successful as it is, but for America to be more peaceful. America is not one of the most peaceful places, but it is not the most dangerous place to live. Even political parties lie and cheat each other. A lot of the Americans are greedy, because they take advantages of what America offers to their citizens. Even though America is not perfect I am still glad to live in the U.S.

The first amendment, the right of freedom of speech is one of the most important classic fantasy to almost anyone living in the United States, building the foundation of our nation. This right gives us plenty of different opportunities to express our opinions and political viewpoints on any issues in America. But it comes with a price, people have been protesting multiple different events trying to prevent people from expressing opposing opinions or political viewpoints on that has issues in America. For the minority of people, expressing a different opinion should be protected no matter how controversial or insensitive it may be.

Overall having these rights are a privilege for those that are born in the United States, so that is why one shouldn’t take these rights for granted. Noam Chomsky once said " if we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it.” In conclusion, the movements that lead to the adoption of this amendment will mark our history for

‘’You can not be afraid to speak up or speak out for what you believe.’’

An important thing to know about freedom of speech is it does not actually protect anything we want to say. However freedom of speech is something that the United States holds high. The first amendment of our constitution is one of the most important amendments we have to protect us. The first amendment gives us the right to free speech with very few limits. Even though this may not be the best policy it is important we protect any speech so long as it is not harming anyone. The constitution says “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. (Madison)” This is saying that the freedom of speech is protected by the constitution and congress cannot make laws to limit anything covered by freedom

We have the power to say things, even if it goes against other people’s views on the subject. This freedom not only comes with great power, but also with great responsibility. This shows that in America we have the ability to trust one another and to not be judgmental or rude about other’s opinions. Our differences and views on certain topics also make us stronger as a union. The freedom to challenge other opinions shows the diversity of the people and our nation.

There are lots of freedoms in America, some of which are freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of assembly, all of which guaranteed by the first amendment. First I will go over freedom of speech. Freedom of speech sums up lots of things, those three

When I think of America it is how we are free to worship any religion we want to. Some other people in other countries don’t have that ability to worship like we do. People can’t be punished for what they believe in. We are lucky to be able to

Luckily, the United States allows every individual to express their voices and opinions without any problem.

I believe that America’s gift to my generation is freedom, technology, useful objects and utensils. I think that my generation has taken a lot for granted, we have many rights and have many things people didn’t have before but were made for future generations such as mine.

Being land of the free is what America is known for. Our Freedom and Fundamental Rights are the reason many people become Americans. A quote that defines this core belief that best comes from Patty Sermersheim of Twinsburg, Ohio, she states “America is freedom of opportunity, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom to who you want to be who you truly are” (“What Unites Us?”). Who doesn’t want to be who they truly are? This is what we all thrive for and the reason many want to live the American life. To be able to speak out against the government and question everything is sometimes taken for granted. Not every country allows their citizens to do this. In America we also do not have an official religion and are allowed to put our faith in what we chose it to be or not to be. I couldn’t imagine as a catholic not being allowed to pray and practice my religion. If my country did not allow this I would not feel welcomed or loved by my country. Another quote that goes well with this core belief is from Yoyo Ferro of Atlanta, Georgia, he states “I feel like there’s something that’s missing right now that would unite us eventually, and it’s patience … also [being] open-minded. Really listen to the other side” (“What Unites Us?”). Without freedom of speech then we would never have the opportunity to hear this other side of opinion from most. In a government without freedom of speech we become close-minded and lose unity. A close-minded society is a society that suppresses the thoughts of its people. As an American you have to realize you do not always agree with your fellow Americans but this is okay and its encouraged to speak up your own opinion. I agree with Yoyo that we are currently missing patience to unite us but I believe that it’s a growing process this unity that we want to reach. My last quote from Freedom and Fundamental Rights is from Matt Bradford of Nicholasville, Kentucky, He

We are to exercise our freedom of speech gently, with tact, in full awareness of the discomfort it might cause those around us. Too often discussion itself is lost in our desperate quest not to “offend”. We don’t know how to communicate anymore. Anytime anyone speaks out against homosexuality, or speaks up about race issues people lose it. They’re stereotyped, filed away and ignored; no one tries to think of a comeback argument.

Another freedom that I enjoy as an American is freedom of speech. As an American,

In the first amendment it clearly states that we have the right to say anything we feel. We Americans have what is called “freedom of speech”. We can express this right in many ways: like protesting against something we do not believe in, saying what we want when we feel it or posting what we want to online. People have just recently become too emotional. They get their feelings hurt too easily and find a way to take offense to every little thing we say that they don’t like. Unlike most I do not think we should have a limit on our speech.

With all these truths, and the freedom to speak them, comes the question of who should hold the power and ability to speak their minds. In the United States, our society believes everyone should have the right to freedom of speech, to voice thoughts and opinions. Written down in the constitution is the promise to citizen rights, to all peoples who want to exercise those rights. “It was we the people; not we, the white male citizens,” who built up our nation and society, and the promise to freedom of speech (Anthony, par. 4). Women, children, teens, those of color should all be able to speak freely, to give shape to the opinions they hold like all the empowered men that speak freely. Not all governments and nations feel the same about this. In Singapore, they have their “own standards of social order as reflected in [their] laws” (Reyes, par. 3). Different nations feel differently about human rights and laws as presented by the United States, including freedom of speech, whether it is safe for everyone to speak their minds or just best to keep it to those who are fed lies from those of a higher position.