Good morning everyone! Happy Tuesday! Wow, yesterday was super busy and today will definitely be even worse. I guess busy is good because that means money-making is happening. Yay!
Today’s Topic: I know this is a hot button issue right now in the media so here it goes!
What are your thoughts on Freedom of Speech? Do you think people have the “right” to say whatever they want regardless if their thoughts are right or wrong (according to the majority of the population)? Do you feel people have the right to say whatever they want in a private conversation and if that conversation is made public…that person should be held accountable for what they said in private to another person?
My thoughts: I think we are all entitled to have Freedom of Speech and it is okay to differ with someone else’s opinion on what is being said. If I don’t like what someone says, I get away from them, take my business elsewhere and I move on in life. I avoid them. With that said, I don’t go on a mission to destroy that person as I firmly believe we all have the right to our own opinions. Furthermore, what I say “in private” and in “my own home” should stay exactly there and not publicized all over the world or in the media.
I fully support and believe in Freedom of Speech. My concern is when someone says something in private in their own home and is being secretly tape-recorded or video’d. Then that recording is leaked out to the media or shown around to family/friends. I think when you are in the privacy of your own home and are speaking to another person (celebrity or not) it should be ILLEGAL for someone to release that conversation elsewhere and if they do, punishment.
Right or wrong on what the person said is only 1/2 the issue but I take GREATER offense that a private conversation didn’t remain private and then all of the media jack asses jump on it and hammer the story to death.
Furthermore, the media should have to obtain BOTH parties CONSENT before broadcasting that private conversation around the world!!!!
I am not a celebrity…but let’s look at an example:
Let’s say I say a bunch of stuff to my hubby over the years and he secretly records it. We then go through a bitter divorce and I find out that all of my “private conversations” are now being released all over the airwaves. C’mon now, that isn’t right no matter who you are or what you said!!!
I believe that we do have a guarantee of freedom of speech in this country. But as adults we all know there can be repercussions arising from what comes out of our mouths. As my husband says, if you can’t take the heat, stay out of the kitchen!
I’m with Jo-Ann, and you, pretty much. We DO have the right to say what we want, within certain guidelines, of course (Eg, you really don’t have the right to scream “Fire!” in a crowded (or even empty) theater, just to exercise your First Amendment privilege. As Jo-Ann says, public figures live in glass houses, so to speak – once you are in the public eye, you will be held to media scrutiny – and should take that into account before you speak.
Congratulations to the 2 winners.
Freedom of speech means we have the right to say what we want. However, major figures in the news have always been held accountable by others and should know that and act accordingly. There is always someone who is looking for a sensational story.