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Categories - Copywriting - Shopping - Free Online Business Help - Telecommunications Services Articles: Self - Your Free Speech If you believe in free speech only as it applies to you and what you want to say, what you fail to realize is that the free speech of others is more valuable to you than your own free speech. If you allow others to speak and listen to what they have to say, once in a while you will realize that you are wrong. Once you realize that you are wrong, your life will become better.
If you believe in free speech only as it applies to you and what you want to say, then once you have power, you will be less inclined to respect the right of free speech in others. This will lead to your own moral decay and demise because you will fail to realize that improvements to society, in all areas, and advancements in knowledge, have only occurred when people thought differently than the status quo and were allowed to express their views.
This tendency in humans, as they have gained power as a result of their free speech, is clearly visible in our society today. Any white person who criticizes a minority group is called a racist. Any non-Jew who criticizes a Jew or Israel is labeled anti-Semitic. Any man who questions a woman’s role or capabilities is called a chauvinist. Whites support this ostracization process because they don’t want to be called names. As a result of not listening to criticism, entire groups of people are prevented from advancing.
This limiting process can also be seen in the scientific community. A Catholic Priest first suggested the Big Bang Theory almost 100 years ago. Scientists have since spent most of their time trying to prove the theory and have now labeled it as fact and many believe that it is proof that there is no god. The theory is still not proven and many scientists don’t even know that a Catholic priest first suggested it making it most unlikely to be proof of god’s nonexistence.
Anyone who dares to suggest that the theory is wrong is labeled illiterate and no new theories have been developed. The same process has developed around the Theory of Evolution, which is now being taught in our schools as fact while creationism is banned. Science now has the power and prefers to toil trying to prove unproven known theories and not entertain any other ideas. Rather than being ostracized, the rest of the world leaves them alone. No new theories have been developed for 100 years. A reasonable person might suspect that, after trying to prove something for 100 years and not being able to, it might be wrong. The thing that is not being realized is that if new theories were allowed, even if they were wrong, proving them wrong might lead to more proof for the old theories. Things would get better.
The interesting thing is that Darwin and Marx were close friends. Darwin dedicated one of his books to Marx. Hitler used both of their writings in the construction of his Nazi regime. With the Communist manifesto and the Theory of Evolution, the government ends up being the ultimate moral authority. Now that Obama has power, arguably as a result of free speech, anyone who disagrees with him is called a racist, extremist, radical conservative, right wing nut job, fascist, traitor, un-American, and the cause of everything gone wrong in our political process. This also occurred during the Bush administration. As a result, both leaders have been allowed to blatantly ignore the Constitution. Not one Obama or Bush supporter will entertain the idea that their leader might do something wrong. Things have continued to grow worse from one administration to the next as the supporters of the existing administration have refused to accept criticism and believe that something could be wrong.
Both liberals and conservatives have been deaf to the speech of the other party and the country has continued to suffer while many of the same programs and legislation have been implemented under the guise of a new government. The rejection of opposing points of view has become a destructive childishness as the opponents are only focussed on winning skirmishes where the only loser is the country. Perhaps speaking on legislators' current level will reach them. Sticks and stones will break your bones, but words will never hurt you. They only make you better.
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