Question

For your assignment, this week, reflect upon your personal life, including time spent at work, home, school or engaged in recreation. Discuss a Constitutional right that you see, experience, or are aware of through the media that is currently being abused. Discuss how or why this right is being abused and what, if anything, can be done to rectify the situation. Avoid hyperbolic examples by being specific.

Answer 1

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Reflecting upon my personal life, including time spent at work, home, school, or engaged in recreation, I consider that freedom of speech -a a Constitutional right- is somewhat being limited or questioned in different media slots, social sites, or mass media.

There is no question that freedom of speech is being abused by uneducated, irresponsible, and ignorant people that use the news, or the lack of them, to criticize without arguments. The best example, social media.

Using social media has become no man's land. You can find some serious and interesting comments, but there is a plethora of misinformation, scathing critics, and "bad blood" comments that are only aimed to hurt people.

That is why sometimes, these social media sites had blocked the accounts of people, politicians, artists, of common people, that use social media to damage the reputation of someone or incite violent attacks.

On the other hand, a debate has been created questioning the right these social media sites have to block or census people's voices.

My personal invitación is that people could be more conscious and respectful because attacks and verbal aggressions just create more violence and tense moments in society.