Offensive Speech Should be Allowed -- Freedom of Speech

There seems to be an internal desire for freedom at heart the soul of every man. Men realize that freedom is something basic, and to rob a man of his freedom is to take from him the essential basis of his manhood. The words of Dr. Martin Luther faggot Jr., spoken forty-three years ago, capture the spirit of the American dream. Since its conception, the fall in States of America has been the universal symbol for freedom and hope. The five most central freedoms cherished by every citizen are granted in the inaugural Amendment to the Constitution. Among them, Americans treasure the business to freedom of speech above all others. Yet, as we stand here in the birth of a new millennium, this right has become endangered. College campuses across the nation are embroiled in a heated pass over what, exactly, constitutes free speech. At the heart of the debate is the issue of hate speech, or speech that offends, threatens, or insults a soul because of some trait such as gender or move (McMasters). Incidents of hate speech include an international student shouting racial epithets from his dorm room window (Hinds 108), complaints of email harassment (Harmon 115), and fraternity chill T-shirts depicting racially insulting caricatures (Frammolino 112). What is the solution to this fundamental conflict? more people strongly advocate implementing speech codes into campus legal systems in company to control such displays. However, this is an inadequate and superficial response to a a good deal deeper issue. College campuses should not regulate hate speech because such regulations violate our natural rights, no practical definition of hate speech exists, and there is no way to enforce punishment. Abridging freedom of speech on college campuses banda... ...t Austin. Sexual harassment of Students by Faculty and Staff. opus the World. Ed. Charles R. cooper and Susan Peck MacDonald. New York Bedford/St. Martins, 2000. 123-124.U.S. autonomous Court. Beauharnais v. Illinois. write the World. Ed. Charles R. Cooper and Susan Peck MacDonald. New York Bedford/St. Martins, 2000. 128-135.U.S. Supreme Court. Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire. Writing the World. Ed. Charles R. Cooper and Susan Peck MacDonald. New York Bedford/St. Martins, 2000. 126-128.Virginia Commonwealth University. Rights and Prohibited Conduct. Writing the World. Ed. Charles R. Cooper and Susan Peck MacDonald. New York Bedford/ St. Martins, 2000. 121-123.Walker, Samuel. Hate Speech The History of an American Controversy. Writing the World. Ed. Charles R. Cooper and Susan Peck MacDonald. New York Bedford/ St. Martins, 2000. 135-143.