Freedom of Speech

 So this morning, the MOAM woke with an urge to expound on the issue of Free Speech. Elon Musk deciding to purchase Twitter causing spasms at the authoritarian social media company is undoubtedly my inspiration. Ever since my journalism professor, Dr. Jerome Musgrave, at UMASS laid out how free speech was supposed to work…. I have been an ardent supporter.

Our founding fathers at the birth of America saw how stifling free speech was the tool of an oppressive tyrannical government.…. And thus they codified our right to free speech under the purview of our inalienable rights.

The cost of this freedom is tolerance. We have to tolerate statements that we know are false…. And counter with statements of truth. Then we have to have faith that the truth is exposed from this give and take. That is how freedom of speech works…. It is cumbersome and frustrating…. But ultimately it is our God given right embodied in American law.

Google recently informed the MOAM that it will tolerate no criticism of Ukraine in my blog….. so I can’t call to question an examination of Biden’s pipeline of fund???? We have to be free to have a conversation on any issue. It is our right of free speech.