Be Frank: Silence is golden
Bethany Frank
Issue date: 4/22/09 Section: Opinions
The views of the minority are overpowering. The views of the few who have the courage to stand up when the world is pushing them down are the only voices that are heard.
But maybe that majority is ignorant to the means in which they can communicate.
It was while using the facilities in Kyser Hall that it became apparent that the student body does not understand the First Amendment rights. Free speech is not justification for vandalism, but yet students find the bathroom stalls to be the ideal place to voice their religious views, to seek advice for failing relationships and lost causes to explain the hypocrisy of classes and the higher institution.
If you have something to say, then say it. Find a proper public forum so your voice can be appropriately heard by the audience you desire. Submit a letter to the editor.
Get a radio show. Stand on a street corner. Start a blog. But do not commit vandalism (a crime, for those not aware) to ensure your voice is heard.
Find a voice to cease the silence. Become more than the silent majority. Let no man silence your voice, and don't silence it yourself.
Don't be quiet because you are too scared or too ignorant to practice your freedoms. Silence is not golden, and sometimes you need to say the not nice things on your mind.
But maybe that majority is ignorant to the means in which they can communicate.
It was while using the facilities in Kyser Hall that it became apparent that the student body does not understand the First Amendment rights. Free speech is not justification for vandalism, but yet students find the bathroom stalls to be the ideal place to voice their religious views, to seek advice for failing relationships and lost causes to explain the hypocrisy of classes and the higher institution.
If you have something to say, then say it. Find a proper public forum so your voice can be appropriately heard by the audience you desire. Submit a letter to the editor.
Get a radio show. Stand on a street corner. Start a blog. But do not commit vandalism (a crime, for those not aware) to ensure your voice is heard.
Find a voice to cease the silence. Become more than the silent majority. Let no man silence your voice, and don't silence it yourself.
Don't be quiet because you are too scared or too ignorant to practice your freedoms. Silence is not golden, and sometimes you need to say the not nice things on your mind.
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