Censorship and First Ammendment Rights essays

Censorship and First Ammendment Rights essays Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech or of the press... So why is censorship such a big deal? Maybe because the time this was written you didnt have to worry about people expressing their thoughts with words like shit, fuck, or fag. What if those words are just your way of getting the point across? For example, which is more effective on getting people to be quiet and listen, someone yelling be quiet! or someone yelling shut the fuck up!!! Of course the latter is going to get peoples attention. One of the most controversial publicly expressed people would have to be Eminem. Most of his lyrics do have cuss words in them, but isnt that freedom of speech? Hes not going out in public and yelling these things on the streets, if you dont want to hear him, dont listen to him. You dont have to buy his CDs and you dont have to go to his concerts. Many of his songs do have a meaning to them. Like the song Cleaning Out My Closet expresses why he feels such strong dislike towards his mother. To some people they might listen to his music and relate. But because of some people personally not liking his music, message or not, they dont want his music heard. He writes for people to hear what he has to say. In this line from the song My Dads Gone Crazy Id rather... have pussy lips glued to my face with a clit ring in my nose then quit bringing my flows, so quit giving me my ammo, Cant you see why Im so mean? If yall would leave me alone this wouldnt be my M.O. I wouldnt have to go eenie, meenie, meinie, mo, catch a homo by his toe he gives a reason why he says what he says. He feeds off of the media and the public saying what they do about him. He likes to rap and society wont let him say what he wants, so he says t...