Essay - The Myth of the First Amendment Introduction the Concept of...

The Myth of the First Amendment

Introduction

***** concept of "Big Brother" surveying all our actions and censoring what we hear and what ***** know is something that goes against the very conception of American society. The centuries old fear ***** control motivates the people such that ********** believe in the ideology of freedom of speech over anyth*****g else. The First ***** to us, is right up there with all the we hold Holy, un acceptable this may seem but the respect we accord to this issue can have no better comparison. Yet, are we as free as we believe or is the ***** we have just an illusion that the media ***** the government present so ***** *****y c***** manipulate our beliefs and perspective of the life we are living in the manner in which they deem correct? Horrendous as ***** thought may seem the fact ***** that if we look closely at the dynamics ***** our ***** we will realize th***** ***** is no such thing as the freedom of speech.

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The concept ***** freedom of speech is merely an illusion *****ed to ***** people so that the d*****ferent facets in po*****r can control their thoughts through media manipulation ***** other such strategies of control.

Analysis

The first amendment of the United States constitution states, "Congress shall make no law...or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the ***** ***** ***** people peaceably to assemble, and ***** petition the government for a redress of griev*****nces." [Author Not Available, 2002]

This is the clause that the people of America are so proud of and one, ***** they regale the world over. When we hear ***** the plight of the women in Afghanistan ***** thank the founders of the constitution for granting us the right to live in ***** ***** ***** we deem right---without ***** interference. The individual is important to *****ns and we are proud ***** it. We do not have religion in ***** schools and if *****me Muslim girl wants to ********** a scarf to school we suggest that she not wear it because she would be promoting her religion. If a honors graduate wants to bring God into his or her ***** we protest that an educational forum is being used for religious propagation. We are after all, free, and ***** not want any***** to interfere in th***** **********m. Ho*****ver, the freedom that we are so arrogantly ***** of is a mere ***** *****nd a simple ********** ***** ***** society we ***** today will prove this.

***** here the above-cited case. A ***** is asked to avoid ***** notes in his speech. As ***** person who has been chosen to represent the graduating class does he not have the right to choose what he ********** ***** say? This suggests ***** ***** policy makers do ***** trust the speaker to say ***** right thing as they conceive it. They are here interfering with the individual's freedom of speech and persuading the society that they