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Article Summary: 'The End Of The First Amendment'
The End of the First Amendment This article talked about how the students of UC Berkeley were protesting against a speech being given at their school, and how the sponsors of this group were forced to pay $15,000 in security fees. Then on top of that fee the school paid an additional $600,000 to create cemented barriers and have armed forces on campus during the meeting. Personally I feel these precautions were unnecessary however due to the way students were reacting it had to be done. Another subject brought up in the article was the fact that 44 percent of students said that the First Amendment does not protect "hate speech", 51 percent said that they would be in favor of students speaking out against a speaker "known for making offensive and hurtful statements" and 19 percent of students said the use of violence against controversial speakers is acceptable. This information frustrates me because freedom of speech is black and white, personal opinions shouldn’t interfere with our rights. …show more content…
Today’s society allows us to speak freely online without censorship, therefore all citizens are able to become publishers. This however had become an issue since we don’t all share the same values. I strongly feel freedom of speech is a privilege given to us and we should be able to exercise our right was ease. The author's main claim is that freedom of speech is safe and secure, people will forever say what is on their mind
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