Freedom of Speech: My Version and Theirs The First Amendment has led Americans to believe in a hallowed sense of freedom that does not exist; freedom of speech. Freedom of speech in this country has never been absolute. You can?t yell fire in a crowded theater, solicit bribes, make terrorist threats, slander another, intentionally inflict emotional distress or be obscene in public (Dickerson). What Americans do have a right to is their opinion and …showed first 75 words of 1188 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1188 total…to say it. Works Cited Ehrenreich, Barbara. ?Ice-T: The Issue is Creative Freedom.? Elements of Argument. Ed. Hentoff, Nat. ?Free Speech on the Campus.? Elements of Argument. Ed. ?How Not to Stifle a Racist.? Ed. Debra Dickerson. Salon.com. 16 Aug. 1999 *http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/08/16/california.html* Lawrence III, Charles R. ?On Racist Speech.? Elements of Argument. Ed. ?Second Thoughts.? Ed. Sallie Tisdale. Salon.com. 5 Nov. 1998 *http://www.salon.com/mwt/tisd/1998/11/05tsd.html*