Most people would say that freedom of speech means that we
have the right to say whatever we like, whenever we like. But let’s debunk that
because that’s just a misconception of what freedom of speech truly is. The
proper definition for freedom of speech is having the right to seek, receive
and impart ideas and also information of all kinds. This may even include those
that may or may not be offensive. It is our sole responsibility on how to
properly use this freedom of speech and it is supposed to be legitimately
restricted because it must be governed.
Because most of the population doesn’t know the true definition
of freedom of speech and they still think the former is the right one, then
that’s the reason why they abuse it and use freedom of speech for inadequate
ideas and information. It can be commonly found in social media sites nowadays.
People are exposing, mocking, quarrelling and bullying other people via these
sites and claiming that they do so because they have this freedom of speech.
But they’re totally wrong. That’s not freedom of speech. Freedom of speech
requires us to be sensitive to others and to be fully responsible of our
expressions. Nowadays, what people do is to defile another person or entity then
use freedom of speech as their excuse.
We all have the right to freedom of speech but it must
always come to our mind to be responsible of our expressions, to know what must
be said or not said especially in public and to practice this meaningfully.
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