The Freedom Of Speech By Suzanne Nossel - 1172 Words

The freedom of speech has never been free to everyone. Many Americans grow up with this saying and feel it to be true. Suzanne Nossel wrote her article â€Å"How we communicate is changing. So should the way we think about free speech†, published in August of 2017 in The Washington Post, and she argues that â€Å"students who seek to shut down speech that offends - through calls to disinvite speakers, punish offensive remarks or shout down opponents - have been dismissed as coddled, unenlightened, entitled, anti-intellectual, dogmatic and infantile.† (Nossel, 2017, p. 1). Nossel builds her credibility with facts and reputable sources, citing convincing facts and statistics, and successfully employing emotional appeals. In her article, Nossel first†¦show more content†¦Throughout her piece, Nossel uses little, but strong sources that strengthen her credibility and appeal to ethos, as well as build her argument. Purdue Owl defines ethos as an â€Å"†¦element of a speech that reflected on the particular character of the speaker or the speech’s author.† (Sproat, Driscoll, Brizee, 2012, p.1). In a sense, ethos describes the guiding beliefs or ideals that characterize a person in his or her surroundings. This relates to Nossel because she points out facts about that students do not even know their own rights as U.S. citizens. Her only source used, but also the strongest, was a survey conducted by the Newseum Institute, stating that â€Å"33 percent of Americans have no idea what rights the First Amendment protects.† (Nossel, 2017, p.2). Her audience and main target of her article (college students) not only see their rights being taken, but also want to add even more re strictions. Newseum Institute also conducted subsequent surveys and found that â€Å"†¦69 percent of students think universities should be able to restrict offensive speech or slurs† which for many colleges is already taking place throughout America (Nossel, 2017, p. 2). She also quotes a University of Missouri student, claiming that â€Å"the First Amendment wasn’t written for me.† (Nossel, 2017, p. 2). These facts introduce and support the idea that college students want to restrict rights they do not even know about. These statistics are not many statistics, but theyShow MoreRelatedPersuasive Essay On Hate Speech1612 Words   |  7 Pages In the name of free speech, hate speech should not be tolerated. Hate speech has devastating effects on the people and communities it is targeted at. Left unchecked hate speech can lead to harmful and violent effects. Over the past few years, the effects of hate speech used on women, homosexuals, ethnic groups and re ligious minorities have become more and more apparent. Hate speech can be very divisive in many of the situations it is used, depending on who interprets the expression can vary howRead MoreIdealism and Realism Essay1792 Words   |  8 PagesFourteen Points were meant to bring peace to the world and make it so that another tragic war like the Great War would not occur again. His Fourteen Points Speech is a perfect example of idealism because in the speech Wilson talked about free trade, self-determination, disarmament, freedom of the seas, and the most important part of the speech was the League of Nations. His views were very idealistic because he was not thinking about his gains from the Fourteen Points, but his main concern was peace