Free Speech, Unless I Don’t Like It

Unless you’ve been under a rock I’m sure you’ve heard of the Don Imus controversy. They underlying point of this whole thing is free speech. Yeah Don Imus made a bad joke that wasn’t PC, but in this country he has that right under the 1st amendment.

The point of free speech isn’t to protect speech that you like and isn’t offensive, but the kind that is. Pretty much anything you say someone will be offended by. This country is made up of diverse groups of people from different backgrounds. Its impossible to know every little thing that will hurt people’s feelings. And if you do you should be able to say your sorry and move on, not his witch hunt that is currently happening. I can’t stand it when people say, “I’m for free speech, but…”, no there’s no but, either people should be allowed to say whatever they want or they shouldn’t there’s no middle ground.

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The Hoeffecation of America

I am writing this expose about a disturbing trend in today’s modern society, namely the Hoeffecation of America. This phenomenon has been steadily gaining in popularity in recent years and shows no signs of slowing down. It is difficult to pinpoint the exact moment that this trend began, but most attribute its emergence to one event in the late nineties. Britney Spears’ first video “Hit Me Baby One More Time�, was the catalyst for the so called Hoe movement. Dressed in a risqué school girl outfit and shaking her coochie for the faculty of the school, Britney showed that by being a total hoe you could become rich and famous. Quickly many young girls jumped on this train and never looked back on actually trying to develop a personality.

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