Does the First Amendment Encourage Hateful Speech
The right to free speech is our first constitutional amendment. When this country was first being formed, governed and populated, the government wanted its citizens to be able to speak freely about issues concerning their safety, happiness and rights.
The First Amendment does NOT encourage hateful speech. People can speak hatefully in this country and they will, but that was not the intent of this amendment. People who justify speaking hatefully, spreading hate, prejudice and meanness by referring to the rights of the First Amendment are just wrong.I was looking for more information and found it here.
The Bill of Rights was not written in order to promote hate or harm to anyone. It was written to protect the citizens of the United States. People forget it was a different culture and population over 200 years ago, when these rights were written. Our citizens were breaking away from Great Britain, in order to gain independence. We were not forming a nation of people who can encourage hatefulness. As a matter of fact, our country is about just the opposite, is it not?
The United States has welcomed people with open arms from all nations and cultures. We have promoted and encouraged new beginnings and jobs and the American dream.