1) Source: Dr. Laura Schlessinger to End Radio Show. August 17, 2010, 11:26 pm
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
3) Explanation of Connection: Dr. Laura Schlessinger has decided not to renew her contract. Instead she is going to end her radio station, but she claims that she I not through speaking. For awhile she has been said to speech her mind, which sometimes can be classified as using racist words. In the first amendment, it gives people the power, freedom of speech. Dr. Schlessinger believes that she is entitled to those rights in this cases, and she is doing nothing illegal , so people should get off of her back, or as she put it, not so “sensitive”.
This article clearly shows how the amendments are still apart of modern-day time. We can relate to that feeling of being cut off in the middle of a sentence. Having your freedom of speech taken away from you is one thousand times worse than that. Dr. Laura Schlessinger felt as if this right was being taken away from her. Freedom of speech entitles you to speak on your own, allow you to have your own opinions.
I don’t know how life would be without freedom of speech. It’s not something that I can really describe with words. Dr. Laura Schlessinger apologized saying the ‘n’ word but she emphasizes why she said it. She believes that freedom of speech shouldn’t be taken away from her. A lot of people find what she has to say racist. I don’t think that her freedom of speech should be taken away, and a strict limit shouldn’t be put on the talk show. There should be limitations on what she can and can and cannot say, thinking of those “sensitive” people.
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