Freedom of Speech—Why Free Speech Is Important

Freedom of speech is something many people blur the lines with. In this video I explain why free speech is important and explain the solution to freedom of speech.

It may seem reasonable at first to police people's 'hate speech,' however, once you understand the danger of giving the government the power to regulate and define hate speech, you will realise why it opens a can of worms.

Freedom of speech is something that gives us the opportunity to share our ideas and enables people the opportunity to challenge those ideas, it's how we can learn and grow. When you restrict people of those rights to free speech, it will inevitably lead down the road to oppression. It is the reason why the first amendment in the United States alone is so important.

One only needs to look at the examples of people being arrested here in Britain for stating biological facts that hurt people's feelings or the case of Markus Meechan who found himself before the court for doing a joke Nazi pug video and the truly frightening thing about his own trial was the court completely ignored the context and admitted that the context didn't matter.

All of this stems from the Communications Act of 2003. Again, as I stated within the video, it doesn't matter that the Labour Party being responsible for the implementation of the Act, the fact recent Conservative Prime Ministers have blindly stared past the Communications Act of 2003 tells us all there is to know about our current leadership.

I hope that from this video it is simple enough for people to understand that although there are hurtful wrong things people may say, using the government to silence and police people is the wrong answer. I will never condone hateful things people say, such as racist remarks, I deplore such remarks and in my eyes, should be punished, but not by the state.

If there is anything I may have missed out, comment below and add your own input into the discussion.