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Does freedom of speech go too far in the United States?

Freedom of speech is perhaps the most important right that we have in the United States. Since the constitution passed the First Amendment, freedom of speech gives everyone in the country the right to express their opinions as they see fit. However, according to New 2002¡¯State of the First Amendment¡¯ survey suggests many Americans see freedoms as obstacles in war on terror,¡±for the fist time in the annual State of the First Amendment survey, almost half (49%) of those surveyed said the First Amendment goes too far in the rights it guarantees¡ªa 10 percentage-point jump from 2001¡± (freedoms obstacles in war from survey). It shows more and more Americans believe that freedom of speech is too vast and needs to have regulations put on it.
I am glad that more and more people realize that freedom of speech has a limit! One of the obvious shortages of too much freedom of speech is the bad influence on public. Sometimes when media ballyhoo some crime, it affects public opi...

Posted by: Gelinde Cobbs

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