The Importance Of Free Speech

On January 17th of 2015 two men with rifles and various firearms went into the offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, bashing and shooting their way through the building they killed a total of 11 people and injured 11 more. after the incident the two men escaped. A vigorous search for the two suspects was issued and they were confronted by military and a shooting between the men and the military occurred, they entered a building belonging to a signage company and took hostages. the police and men exchanged fire again and as they emerged from building firing they were shot dead. The reason for the shootings and the men’s fuel for the violence were the depictions of the prophet Muhammad by the charlie hebdo magazine that

and some people firmly believe that Free speech was the root of the violence, and should have been suppressed. But free speech is what gives modern society the freedom of expression that the past did not have, it gives the people a voice, and it is implemented in everyday things like: entertainment, conversations, and the way we present ourselves which also is a way to express oneself. Even though it lies on the thin line where free speech can become offensive blatter, freedom of speech is still one of the fundamental rights, the people as humans in a independent more liberated, artistic and somewhat oppression free age should have. free speech makes way for new ideas, allows society to improve upon the past , and if suppressed, results in violence.

Some say that freedom of speech can quickly turn into just hate speech or offensive blatter protected under the first amendment. Most of today’s society bases itself on protecting one 's emotional right and respecting each other, in this attempt feelings and emotional intelligence are being “protected” but most importantly people have been made to feel safe, and in a position where they

most of the peoples thoughts, peoples feelings are expressed in some way or another by the ability to share with others, as people have evolved and grown on art, the importance of freedom of speech makes itself more and more evident. society shares, connects, feels and informs through those thoughts that others have expressed and shared. that is why freedom of speech is a fundamental right, something that is needed in society and for the human race in general, since speech gives everyone a voice. As said before society builds its foundations of ideas, those ideas were expressed and shared at some point and thats how they became reality, not being able to express those ideas would be robbing society from the great things that could grow out of all those