The Importance Of Our Right To Speak

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October 31 2011 English 49 12:45 MW The importance of our right to speak Freedom of speech refers to the right of the individual to express his views about matters of interests to him/her. It is extremely important in our daily life and one of the most precious possessions that we can have. For centuries, men have fought and died for freedom and this continuing today. As we all know there are many in the world that have sacrificed comfort in life and freedom as a result of expressing what is in their hearts. Freedom of speech is fundamental to the functioning of our society and specially to the function of our democracy. There are many reasons why freedom of speech is necessary to the functioning of our democracy but also many flaws on its system in the American political life. In democracy freedom of speech is one the most important element or right, without which democracy does not have any meaning. Democracy is a form of government created to be ruled by the people but how can a society rule a government if not all people have the same beliefs, ideas, thoughts and opinions? That is why freedom of speech was created. In our democratic system we have people who are in charge of speaking and representing us in the government, there is a variety of senators who represent the diversity of society. Freedom of Speech gives us the right to share our beliefs and ideas with others even if they don’t agree with it. It is this freedom that makes our democracy work by making it possible to combine different opinions of majorities and minorities into an agreement. According to Lippman’s idea, freedom of speech is necessary to our democracy because with this freedom our society creates different opinions, which generates opposition between majorities and minorities. Those oppositions from minorities work as a criticism, which will affect the opinion of the majorities

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