The Most Inspiring Right

Out of the eight values of Free Expression, I believe that freedom of speech is the most important. Free speech promotes individual self-fulfillment by enabling individuals to express themselves creatively. The world is constantly adapting, therefore, the need for a variety of perspectives and ideas is vital to maintain a successful society. If people were not allowed to express themselves, everyone would portray the same thoughts and ideas. This means that we would never progress as a society.

    Although freedom of speech is the most important, I believe that it is also the most underrated. The reason being that people take advantage of this privilege and do not appreciate it enough. Especially in the present time kids, teenagers, and adults are almost completely free to express themselves however they would like; often forgetting that self-expression used to be much more restricted and judged by others.

    Since the freedom of speech and self-expression used to be a lot stricter, I believe it is the most inspiring out of the eight values. Not only has our society come a long way in the past 50 years, change is continuing to be made in the present time. For example, gay marriage was not legalized until 2012; only 7 years ago. People who were gay were restricted on how they were able to express themselves since most people viewed being gay as a negative scenario. However, it has been completely normalized as well as a couple other ways to express yourself freely.

    These are the reasons why I believe that freedom of speech and self-expression is the most important, underrated, and inspiring value of the eight. Click here to see all of the laws that have been passed in the 2000s! Some of these laws have allowed our society to express themselves more freely.