protest to president Ronald Reagan admission policies in 1984. At first he was fined 2000 dollars and severed two years in jail for violating a Texas statue. Once the case got to the Supreme court in 1989, he then appealed and said said, it was symbolic speech, followed by the
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My parents never intend on scavenging through the books I read to find vulgar, sexual, or violent things. Parents are intentionally trying to find every last detail of every book to ban it from every student. Almost all books you read out in today's world are gonna have a curse word or sexual content. The idea that parents care so much as to try, and ban it from other students boggles my mind. If you don’t want your kid reading it that’s fine, but don’t limit other mature students from a book that
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Banning a book is never acceptable; books are a product of their environment, and readers can learn much about a time period in history and the literary influences from books, even if the language/content is not acceptable in our contemporary time period. Despite some of the language used in Huckleberry Finn, it should not be banned. Instead, the language used should be frankly discussed as to why it was included in the book, and the implications it had on the past and has on the present. The nature
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In the online book, Controversial Books Survey, “Non-age appropriate content” is the number one reason given for passing on a book at all school levels, trailed by possible reaction from parents and their institution’s guidelines"(Controversial). Censorship should not exist in schools. All over the country books in school libraries are being challenged for having controversial content. But this seems to only be a problem for the adults, not the kids. Shouldn't the ones reading the books decide what
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the First Amendment’s guarantee of the right to free speech, to assemble, and to petition government, the political branches would be less responsive to citizens’ concerns, and voters would be less informed of the significance of their choices. However, there are politicians who wish to challenge the First Amendment. With the possible exceptions of John Adams and Woodrow Wilson, there might never be a president more hostile to freedom of speech than Hillary Rodham Clinton. Clinton has promised, if
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The “commencement speech” is a genre of writing that does not like to color outside of the lines. In them, you will hear platitudes such as “this is the beginning of the rest of your life” and “go change the world” that never fail to make the audience roll their eyes. In the vast sea of mediocre commencement speeches, only a few stray from the typical commencement speech formula and are considered exceptional. One of these notable commencement speeches is “This is Water” by David Foster Wallace.
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Texas v. Johnson: The Flag Burning Case In 1984 outside of a Dallas, Texas, Gregory Johnson was protesting Ronald Reagan’s policies outside of the Republican National Convention. Johnson was a member of the Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade, where members would gather and destroy property in an protest called “War Chest Tours.” As the members reached Dallas City Hall, Johnson poured kerosene on a stolen flag and burned it. Johnson was taken into custody and charged with violating a Texas law
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During the height of the Cold War many westerners would argue that they had greater amounts of freedom than their sisters in eastern countries who were living under communist regimes. This assumption was based on the fact that the westerners saw that easterners under these regimes had fewer consumer choices than they had. Due to the lack of consumer choices, many western women would argue that their sisters living under the communist regimes had less freedom than they did. However, the freedom that
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Back in 1988, a principal removed personal stories about student pregnancies and students of divorced parents. He found these to be offensive and inappropriate for the school newspaper. The students took the school district to court for violating the First Amendment rights of student journalists (Abrams, 1). This court case is known as Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier. The court ruled that, despite the Tinker ruling recognition of strong First Amendment protection, student expression in school-sponsored
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A subtle breeze brushed through the few trees that reside at The Pentagon Memorial Washington, D.C. This monument represents those killed in the 9/11 Pentagon attack; each bench represents one person, water resides under these benches, calm and still. As you walked along the benches you notice loud voices disturbing the peace and tranquility of the somber monument; people throwing garbage into the water pools, and people running around behaving as if they were not at a monument. This is a monument
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