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Censorship
Everyone has a voice and an opinion. Some people, unfortunately, are censored and denied the right to express their opinion because it is different. Because everyone thinks they are right, if something is new or different, it will, more often than not, be disliked because people do not like to hear new and different ideas. It is not right that some people can express their opinion and some are censored and cannot express their opinion because their opinion is different from the norm. Censorship is wrong because it denies an individual the chance to be heard simply because they have different ideas. It also restricts freedom of information, which is vital to the survival of Democracy. With censorship, moral, artistic, and intellectual growth would cease to exist, and people would have no choice to believe what the government tells them, because they would have no other sources of information to turn to. Nazi Germany used censorship as a prime tool to keep the average people ignorant and promote anti-Semitism.
The United States Constitution says in the First Amendment, "Congress shall make no lawÂ…abridging the freedom of speech" (qtd. in Murphy) which means that any material in any medium; art, music, literature, spoken, cannot be altered by the government in any way. The people of the United States of America are free to express their opinion in any way, shape, or form without fear of repercussions from the government or others. Therefore, censorship is a violation of an American's First Amendment rights.
According to an article on Eric Nuzum's website, after September 11th, a list of over 150 "lyrically questionable" songs was circulated to radio stations, urging restraint of these songs, "out of respect" for the dead. ( Nuzum). In the list, "all songs by Rage Against the Machine" was listed. Rage Against the Machine is a band famous for its controversial political views. Almost none of Rage's songs bear reference to...
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