Society today has many

religions, languages and

opinions. As soon as

it’s challenged, people get overly defensive

and conversations end on a sour notes.

This is a major problem for me, especially

when I am involved in a serious debate about

important issues ranging from abortion to samesex

marriage. Everytime I bring up a new issue,

it gets immeditaely shut down for my different

opinion on the matter, and then the other person

I’m having a conversation with gets so upset that

it seems as though they are very angry at me.

When people get really upset, they

take it too personally, and it seems like

the issue is slowly covered up and pushed

under the rug as if it weren’t there.

This means all of the country’s issues that

have given us so many problems in the past will

be ignored until we slowly get overwhelmed,

and the issues prevent us from moving on. This

makes me believe that every important issue,

such as immigration or death laws, won’t come

to a conclusion because we’re too sensitive.

When I think about all of the topics and

laws I want to discuss, it seems like I put too

much consideration into what everybody else

thinks about what I say, even though it’s my

constitutional right to be able to voice my opinion.

If I really worry about everyone else’s

opinions, I will have limited originality. I will

most likely not have a specific religion or a

clear cultural opinion. It would be as

if I were some sort of mind-controlled

drone that does whatever it has been

told to do. I believe if something

exists, it’s bound to offend someone.

The country needs to get used to the

fact that the world is still going through

a state of progression, whether it be

for better or for worse. No matter how

many people hate the fact that the world

is changing, it is bound to happen. No

one should be able to change anyone,

and no one should have to be different for anyone.

If our subject-censored activists pull us

behind, the world is going to change without us,

and we will be stuck in the same point in time

with even more troubles on our hands. I have had

many conversations where we ended up fighting

because one person or another got offended

about the subject because it directly related to

both of us. But we ended up understanding that

in order to have our opinions heard, we actually

have to listen and respect different perspectives.

Think about when people were coming up

with new ideas that still influence the world we

live in today. Historical figures such as Newton

and Copernicus came up with these crazy,

original ideas that gave us information on how

gravity works and what placement the earth

has in the universe. They probably offended

a whole generation of people, but that didn’t

stop them then, and it shouldn’t stop us now.

Since the beginning of time, the control by

overbearing tyrants have fought to obtain the

right to speak freely. We had many revolutions and

acts of rebellion to get this right; yet nowadays

we are fighting to protect all the people who take

offense to it. We are going to end up in a state

of national confusion caused by our indecisive

laws and statements. I do not understand why

people would get so offended by something

as simple as words. If we have our right to

speak freely taken away, then the constitution

would be void and useless, causing mass chaos.

Without the constitution, this country has

no law or real structure which leaves us open

to a messed up society. If we don’t have

our freedom of speech, this world would

be filled with silent anger and anguish.

The world would be controlled

by fear because we would all be

afraid to hear the words of others,

thinking that it might disrupt the

balance that we have as a society.

Everyone should be able to say what

they feel, and if someone doesn’t like it,

then they should do one of two things: they

can ignore the other person or respect

the different perspective. We can not just let our

world be controlled by an overly sensitive society.

I know I do not want to be the same as

everyone else. If we all could take the time

to just listen to others without getting too

offended, upset, or trying to convince them

otherwise, our world would be a much better

place. Now we just need to teach society how

to control their feelings instead of lashing out.