Jonathan Swift Satire

A wise man once said, “I see offense of the collateral damage of free speech. I hate the thought of a person’s ideas being modified or even hushed because someone somewhere might not like to hear them…”(Ricky Gervais, 2013) This generation faces many social issues, but the main on that offends many people is Freedom of Speech about Christianity. In today’s society it is okay for someone to have their own opinion as long as they don’t say something about Christianity that may cause another person to feel or be offended. Today’s generation has become so overly offended by Christianity that the truth has become based upon what is socially acceptable to say. People who speak the truth are being muzzled and even killed because they said something that caused another person to be offended. Our generation is no longer willing to stand up for what they believe is right and wrong for a social change to happen.
In 1729 (A Modest Proposal Summary. (2016). Jonathan Swift caused an outrage to his readers when he published his satire ‘A Modest Proposal’. Throughout the story Swift proposed different ways to “Find fair, cheap, and easy methods” for turning poor burthen children into “Sound and useful members of commonwealth” (Swift, J. (n.d.). A Modest Proposal. McGraw Hill). He uses his moral stance to argue that by doing this, this will turn a problem into its own solution (Swift, J. (n.d.). A Modest Proposal. McGraw Hill). Swift proposed that the children by fed to Irelands rich land owners and turned into delicious meals. (Swift, J. (n.d.). A Modest Proposal. McGraw Hill). After causing an outrage of offense, ironically Jonathan Swift was able to address the poverty issue in Ireland going on at the time. It took one man getting up and offending thousands of people for a major issue he believed in to be