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crimeas [40]
3 years ago
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Does the freedom of speech mean you can say whatever you want,whenever you want ?

History
2 answers:
egoroff_w [7]3 years ago
4 0

The freedom of speech means you can say whatever you want whenever you want, BUT as a rational human being, you need to think first:

- Is this good to me and the people around me?

- Will I be hurting someone or myself, if I say this?

- If I say "this" or "that", will I be helping to construct something or to destroy it?

- Is this smart or just non-sense?

As you can see, a lot responsibility comes with a tongue. Every person should always think first, before saying anything. If what you would like to say complies with those and any other good considerations, go ahead. If nothing good is to be said and will come out of that, than is better to keep it to ourselves.

ValentinkaMS [17]3 years ago
3 0

  No, the freedom of speech is one of the most important rights in a democracy along with the freedom of press. It allows several voices to rise and be heard. But it does not means that you can say whatever you want whenever you want.

  You can find the foundations of the freedom of speech in the first amendment where it says:

<em>"Amendment I </em>

<em> </em>

<em>Congress </em><em>shall make no law </em><em>respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or </em><em>abridging the freedom of speech</em><em>, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances"  </em>

 But there are exceptions to the rule. You can´t say whatever you want as the supreme court have showed in several cases. From this we can extract some categories where the first amendment doesn´t work:

  • Incitement: When its directed to inciting or producing inminent lawless action.
  • False statements of facts: there are some types of this unprotected according to the supreme court: those said with <em>"sufficiently culpable mental state" </em>can be subject of criminal or civil liability. Secondly libel and slander and finally negligent statements or facts can be subject of civil liability.
  • Offensinve speech

  As a conclusion we can say that the freedom of speech is a fundamental right in a healthy democracy but we must take care of it. We can´t say whatever we want, well actually we can but you have to be responsible of your acts.

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