There are many people in the world that put their freedom of speech to good use and bring a positive atmosphere and sometimes a positive outcome for a city, country or even world. Unfortunately, not everyone puts their right of speech to a good use. Hate speech; is any type of speech that is hurtful, discriminatory, racist, etc. and is sadly very common. These people are abusing their freedom to speech and can almost be considered as harassment since their main goal is to put a negative message across. Fortunately, small steps are being made to lower the rate of hate speech; “many universities, under pressure to respond to the concerns of those who are the objects of hate, have adopted codes or policies prohibiting speech that offends any group based on race, gender, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation”(American Civil Liberties Union). Universities and other public places that are adopting these steps are helping obtain a more positive society. Hopefully, if more people were to follow in these steps, there would be less depression in the world, or a lower rate of suicide and negativity in the world.
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