I found that the most important one to me is Promote Innovation — see Jack Balkin, Living Originalism. When I looked at it, it said, “A community in which free speech is valued and protected is likely to be
a more energized, creative, interesting society as its citizens actively fulfill themselves in many diverse and interesting ways.”
The reason I think this one is most important and resonates with me the most is because of the emphasis on freedom of speech
and how it is valued and protected. I believe freedom of speech is something that makes the world go around, everyone should
be able to express their opinion. I think freedom of speech can get complicated when people use it negatively. For example, if
someone is using hate speech as a way to express their opinion, that is not right. Or if you're using freedom of speech for defamation
of character. But if people are using their speech in a way to express their opinion without using defamation, it can be very powerful.
I see the one in action today is the Individual Self-Fulfillment ( aka Self-Actualization) — see C. Edwin Baker. I feel like that can relate to social media a lot because this theory talks about being able to have freedom of speech.
Especially in this day and age, a lot of people use social media to express their opinions about many different things,
whether it’s stuff like pop culture, politics, stuff that is going on in other countries, and more. I feel like the most popular
way to express your opinion is through social media apps like Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook. I think social
media is a great way to express yourself and your opinion. Social media also allows it to reach a larger audience, and that
can lead to spreading awareness on certain topics that you feel passionate about. For example, during elections, social media
is used very heavily to promote the candidates but also for the candidates to discuss what they stand for and what they would
do if they were elected. This also allows people who can and can’t vote to voice their opinions on it and what policies
they think are good and which candidate they believe to be the best and most competent for the roles. I think this is where
social media can be very good and helpful in allowing you to have freedom of speech, and as previously stated, it can also
reach a large audience if you are using social media to express your opinion.
The one that feels the most personal to me is “Protect Dissent — see Steve Shiffrin, Dissent, Injustice and the Meanings of America”. This one feels most personal to me because it emphasizes the fact that no matter how unpopular you have the right to disagree with the government. It can be scary to stand up to such a powerful group of people and establishment, and most people are meant to feel scared to, but this allows you to be protected while expressing your opinion. This feels personal to me because I think everyone should be able to express their opinions no matter how unpopular they are. This also allows everyone to have a voice and be able to voice their opinion.
The one that resonates the most to me is Promote Tolerance — see Lee Bollinger, The Tolerant Society: Freedom of Speech and Extremist Speech. I think it resonates with me because it is explaining how it does
not approve of hate speech. But also arguing that a more tolerant society is a better society. And I do agree with that,
and that everyone should be more tolerant and I was always told by my family that you are going to have to tolerate
things you don’t like some times but that is the deal. So that is why it resonates the most with me.
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