This week, revise the Persuasive Essay Draft you completed earlier

In 1-2 pages, revise your essay that challenges the following claim:

“Freedom of speech is one thing, but when it is damaging to society something can and should be done.”

Persuasive Essay – First Draft

  This paper is a persuasive essay. In this paper, I will create an essay that challenges the following claim: “Freedom of speech is one thing, but when it is damaging to society something can and should be done.” The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution gives all American’s the right to freedom of speech. This is one constitutional right that the majority of individuals know and can quote to you.

  Freedom of speech is imperative to everybody within the society. It’s because it offers everybody an opportunity to express what they feel and believe is right. Therefore, I tend to assume that there is not one time when the freedom of speech ought to be termed to be damaging to the society. For instance, everybody speaks consistent with what they believe and what they think was done wrong. As a result, freedom of speech isn’t something that may cause harm to the society since it’s continually trying to make things better (Melkonian, 2012). If something needs to be done relating to the freedom of speech, then it means individuals will get deprived of the freedom that they need therefore making it inaccessible for them to express what they believe.

I think that something should be done whenever freedom of speech is used for the incorrect reasons. As an example, when groups use freedom of speech to incite people to try and do things that are wrong or start riots in the street and use freedom of speech (expression) to justify it. In such a situation, something ought to be done to make sure that the person is stopped, and also, the individuals are made to grasp that what they were being asked to try and do isn’t right. However, everybody ought to be given the possibility to express themselves using their freedom of speech to grasp what people feel relating to certain things. They also stand to be corrected in a situation wherever the freedom is not utilized in the proper manner. Freedom of speech was given to us as a constitutional right to protect the citizens from the government , not to use to your personal gain.

Reference:

Melkonian, H. (2012). Freedom of speech and society: A social approach to freedom of  expression. Amherst, NY: Cambria Press.