Blog Post #3

I think Individual Self-Fulfillment is the most important value of the Eight Values of Free

Expression.  I'm a big believer in freedom of speech.  Without it we wouldn't be the people we are today.  Free speech allows people to express themselves freely which helps build character and really just turn us into the people we are.  When given the right of free speech we can do anything with it.  We can do bad with it by putting others and ourselves down or we can do good with it by fighting what we believe in, and spreading positivity which helps make this world a better place.  You see a lot of people on social media that are trolling others online and spreading negativity, and then you got a lot of people that do the opposite and promote charities and all this other stuff.  Free speech is a privilege that we have and it's up to us on how to use it and how we use it will play into our identity.    

Unfortunately, our freedom of speech is slowly getting taken away from us.  One place where freedom of speech is barely tolerated is social media.  All social Media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and so on are taking down posts that go against their agenda.  An example of this is how current White House press secretary Jen Psaki has admitted to colluding with Facebook by taking down things that they consider false information.  Social Media started just being a platform where we can connect with friends and see what's going on in our friends and families lives.  Now Facebook is a platform that is working with the Government to take down things that the Government don't want up.  It's frightening to see how all these "Big Tech" companies are so powerful that they even silenced our sitting President at the time.  Seeing how Big Tech has this much power is very frightening.  At any given time you could be silenced by Big Tech and won't be able to speak your mind anymore.  This is a violation to our freedom of speech and if we lose our freedom of speech completely, it will deeply hurt our country by making the American people robots that are programmed to have the opinions that our government wants us to have.  

It's very important that we stay true to ourselves and always maintain the courage to speak freely.  We must fight the censorship so that way we still have the ability to live the life we want to live.    Without Free speech, we will just be a bunch of sheep that are controlled by the Government.