What's The Point of Free Speech If Silence Is Safer?
Being without the freedom to express yourself is as good as being stripped of the right to live. What kind of life are you even living if you can never say what's on your mind or what you believe in. What kind of life is it if you have to constantly watch innocent people being subjected to injustice and never say a word powerful enough to defend them. And what if you are forced to endure that injustice as well? Yet again, you must remain quiet and let it happen. Because without the power of speech, you have also lost the power to stand up for yourself and others. Over the course of months, there have been several incidents that have sparked controversies and several more that have opened a debate regarding free speech. We have seen the repercussions of stating an opinion that people don't agree with. It's met with condemnation and violence. Families are affected, jobs are lost, and in the entire process, we begin to grasp the reality of freely expressing yours...