Summary Of Speech By Noel Nossel

In her article, Nossel first sets the stage by describing a specific scenario of college students and how free speech affects their day-to-day lives. She then outlines how the students truly desire to defend their freedom of speech, but a culture of respect for open discourse and tolerance for disagreeable opinions has not been established. Nossel continues by discussing some factors of the reasons why free speech is nearly impossible to attain. She states that there is a lack of understanding of the basic principle of free speech, that many students consider themselves above the law because of their ethnic background or culture. Nossel also continues saying that technology influences freedom of speech; having the Internet and video cameras