Is Censorship American
Date Submitted: 04/09/2003 06:55:50
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 3 pages (713 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 3 pages (713 words)
Is Censorship American?
Nothing is more un-American than violating the
Constitution. So how does it happen everyday in our country
without even a blurb in the newspaper? Freedom of speech
and freedom of the press were granted to United States
citizens when the Bill of Rights was amended to the
Constitution in 1791. By adding this to our constitution,
it makes it illegal to restrict Americans from voicing their
opinions. Yet these rights are hindered and …
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…you take away their
power. Democracy is based on power of the people, and
assumes that the participating citizens are informed and
conscience of their surroundings. Unfortunately, in the
American definition of democracy neither one of these is
true. Americans are conscience only of the filtered reality
that is fed to us day after day from birth to death. If you
take a step back you might start to wonder what you’ve been
missing.
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