Pros And Cons Of The First Amendment
The First Amendment is part of the Bill of Rights, which is in the United States Constitution. The First Amendment basically states that the government may not interfere with our freedom of speech and the press, the right to a peaceful assembly, and the right to petition the government for redress of grievances (Bond and Smith, Pg. 132). With this Amendment it gives and protects our vocals as individuals and as a nation, so is there any backlash this brings? What good comes from this? Many pros easily flow out of the First Amendment. One pro is the freedom of expression; the expressions that can either contribute to opinions about political views that may or not involve our country, personal beliefs, and personal actions (“The Pros and Cons
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One con of The First is that with all this freedom of expression and voice, verbal abuse and terror can come out of it. With this somewhat “power” it can provoke violence among our people or certain groups. Another con would be the freedom of religion. There are so many religious beliefs out there, some are harmless, and others incite radical beliefs that can lead to radical behavior. With the freedom of religion, people can say or do things that can be harmful and no one can do anything about it because The First Amendment protects them. Finally, it could put a hit on the United States itself. Anything could be said on U.S soil and it would have to be considered constitutional. With people just blurting out whatever they want, it could upset other nations that we are allies with, or even worse, enemies with. The United Nations could be in chaos because there’s no regulation on what can or cannot be said as long as it’s not threatening. In conclusion, is there such thing as too much freedom of speech? On one hand we get to vocalize and become more unified as a country. Then on the other hand we could push it so far that we could destroy the country. The First Amendment states that “Congress shall make no law,” but should we (Bond and Smith, Pg.
One con of The First is that with all this freedom of expression and voice, verbal abuse and terror can come out of it. With this somewhat “power” it can provoke violence among our people or certain groups. Another con would be the freedom of religion. There are so many religious beliefs out there, some are harmless, and others incite radical beliefs that can lead to radical behavior. With the freedom of religion, people can say or do things that can be harmful and no one can do anything about it because The First Amendment protects them. Finally, it could put a hit on the United States itself. Anything could be said on U.S soil and it would have to be considered constitutional. With people just blurting out whatever they want, it could upset other nations that we are allies with, or even worse, enemies with. The United Nations could be in chaos because there’s no regulation on what can or cannot be said as long as it’s not threatening. In conclusion, is there such thing as too much freedom of speech? On one hand we get to vocalize and become more unified as a country. Then on the other hand we could push it so far that we could destroy the country. The First Amendment states that “Congress shall make no law,” but should we (Bond and Smith, Pg.