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Talon Marks

Cerritos College • Norwalk, Calif.

Talon Marks

Cerritos College • Norwalk, Calif.

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Freedom of speech being destroyed

Freedom of speech seems to be done for nowadays.

Although it’s one of the rights that most countries would fight and die for, lately anything a citizen in the U.S. says is wrong, critiqued or should be punishable.

People these days take everything too personal, and think other people should be quiet, if it affects them, which is not respecting the freedom of speech of anyone.

A few weeks ago, Aubrey ‘O Day, a former Danity Kane singer, stated that she thought Fidel Castro was a brilliant man and got put on the S-list of the world.

“I’ve met him and worked with him when I was in Cuba. Yes, he is a brilliant man, but I don’t condone what he did,” she stated.

Immediately, people started saying she was a bad person, and that she was dumb, she got called derogatory names, and her whole patriotism got questioned.

As the educated people we are, we should learn to separate our feelings from reality in order to understand what people really say, and not feel offended to the point where we want to punish people like ‘O Day.

When ‘O Day said “brilliant,” a lot of people immediately thought she praised him, they didn’t hear the “don’t condone” part.

Castro really is a brilliant man, whether we like it or not. Only a brilliant man is able to manipulate a whole country to follow him.

Brilliant is defined by Webster as distinguished by unusual mental keenness or alertness.

I believe, regardless of whatever she might have said, her right to express her opinion should be respected and not critiqued and her reputation should not be affected, as with any other citizen.

As educated, college students we must remember to give everyone a chance to express themselves, and to understand statements like the one ‘O Day gave, before we jump out of our sits after hearing a positive description and Castro in the same sentence.

A person should have the respect and the freedom to state an opinion and any true statement without being judged or punished.

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