Ms Jones‚ I would like to start by thanking you for allowing me the opportunity to speak on behalf of Queensland students today and address the well-founded complaints which justify the removal of The Merchant of Venice from our Curriculum. So‚ let’s delve into it‚ shall we? You know‚ when we consider all the hate speech on Islam right now‚ you’d think that we’d be a lot more sensitive with what we teach to our kids. You know‚ promote acceptance‚ world peace and those sorts of things. But instead
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important - amendment stated that “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech‚” (“The Constitution” Amendment 1). The first amendment and its free speech clause took inspiration from Enlightenment thinker John Stuart Mill‚ a philosopher who believed that government functioned best when everyone shared opinions and debate freely. Because free speech protected people from government censorship‚ hateful speech began to emerge in public. Racist‚ sexist‚ homophobic‚ and other harmful language
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Free speech is one of the most controversial and confusing of the amendments. Throw it into a college campus setting and it’s an extremely complex matter‚ especially when “Hate Speech” is involved. Many people have different views and definitions on what hate speech in tales‚ for instance in “Hate Speech on Campus”‚ Joseph S. Tuman‚ defines it as “Written or spoken words directed towards a particular group (typically although not exclusively a minority group) with the purpose or effect of verbally
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towards another group. I feel that hate speech has already had a major effect on our country and needs to be put to an end. If a person feels comfortable enough to share comments about others that are violent and hateful‚ they may feel that it is ok to do harm to those individuals. In the news‚ there are many stories on hate speech that lead to hate crimes. According to ABC News‚ two weeks ago at the University of Hartford‚ a young white student began expressing her views about her black roommate‚
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Hate Speech Codes: Ineffective and Unconstitutional Even though there has been a large increase in the number of hate speech codes in colleges and universities‚ the increase in the amount of hate speech incidents across the nation shows that these guidelines are ineffective. While hate speech codes attempt to create a safer more politically correct environment on college campuses by establishing principles and guidelines for students to follow‚ they are inherently ineffective because they are only
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Against Hate Speech Hate crimes are done too frequently in the United States. Although we have laws that supposedly regulate them‚ many people still feel the need to commit acts of violence on people that are different than them. Many of these crimes originate with some sort of hate speech. People get ideas from other people‚ passed down from previous generations. Some people don’t find anything wrong with verbally abusing another human. Some world leaders have participated in hate speech‚ hate
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response to a rise in crimes against minorities‚ college and Universities in the 80’s and 90’s began to enact speech codes in order to protect and provide equality for all their students. Some people labeled these actions as a response to political correctness‚ however hate speech was real‚ and college administrators had a responsibility to their students. Since then‚ the debate over hate speech has grown not just on college campuses but throughout the United States‚ with the greatest concern coming
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few a things that I have learned about myself when it comes to writing. The first thing would be that I procrastinate a lot. Second thing is‚ I always hand write my papers first before I type them. It’s easier for me to think better when I am writing rather than typing. Third thing would be to always reread your own paper out aloud by yourself. I started to read my own paper outlawed not the long ago‚ it seemed to help me catch my own masticks. If there was a competition for procrastinating I would
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2011 Regulation of Hate Speech The idea that the government might cut off hateful or propaganda filled-speech is counter to the idea that America cherishes‚ that all people are created equal with unalienable rights‚ one of which is the right to voice unpopular ideas. Racist speech on campus or in the public square is uninviting‚ but acceptable‚ under certain circumstances. In Charles R. Lawrence III’s essay‚ “On Racist Speech‚” Lawrence argues against the regulation of speech that he deems inflammatory
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question? It’s really hard. I hate Mathematics‚” my young teenage son approached me when I’m cooking for dinner and he always asks the same question. The same old statement I gave to my mother in those old days. ‘I hate Mathematics’. It’s been a while ago since I’m about his age. A childish little young brat. I’m more to fun and playful girl but with homework‚ laziness always conquered me. He always remind me of me when I was in school years ago. “Hey book worm‚ reading about history again? As if history
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