Description
Directions:
Step 1: Read the articles below (all three of them in the packet).
Hate vs. Free Speech-First Set of Articles
Step 2: Reply to the prompts below:
- For each article, summarize the author's argument in 2-3 sentences.
- For each article, select one quote you think was particularly important/representative of the author's argument? Explain why you think this quote is significant.
- For each article, in a short paragraph (5 or so sentences), tell me what you thought about the article. Did you agree or disagree with the author? Did you think he was convincing? Did anything surprise you or make you feel some sort of way?
My suggestion would be to write down the title of the specific article and answer the three questions on it, and then move on to the second article and then move on to the third article. Be sure to answer all three parts for all three articles.
Explanation & Answer
View attached explanation and answer. Let me know if you have any questions.
HATE SHOULD BE CRIMINALIZED
In the article the author argues that simple hate words can incite violent consequences
and shouldn’t be tolerated just because there’s no direct harm yet that the law should intervene.
Hate propaganda from news, or writings can convince other people to do harm towards those who
are discriminated against. Those in the minorities are ridiculed if they use their freedom of speech
as a weapon to fight back.
“Why do the families of slain victims have to suffer in their grief and loss, because free
speech was deemed more important than the lives of their loved ones?” This line is significant to
the author’s argument because minorities like gays and muslims are the ones being attacked by
these hate crimes due to the speeches of those who discriminate against them. The freedom of
speech of these minorities are sometimes controlled or causes backlashes that usually ends up
getting murdered in a hate crime. This quote shows how those who use their freedom...
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