Thanksgiving is not just one day of the year!!

Freedom of speech is one of those things in life that people will continue to take for granted until it is no longer present. Only when our freedom approaches a point of no return will our society remember what was once found. For example, some people do not appreciate the sun on a day to day basis because they “know” that it will be in the same place every single day no matter what they do. What the general public must understand is that our freedom of speech is being hindered in a number of different ways. Currently there are two forces that are filtering speech on the internet. There are the private companies and then there is the government. According to Lessig, these private filters that are in fact subsidized by the government are blocking content beyond the purpose of regulating speech. In addition to filtering “too much”, people are also unable to regulate these filters because they are created and sold by private companies. People are blind when this occurs because people are not notified when information is filtered by private companies. That is why I feel people should make sure their rights remain in tact on a day to day basis, because as soon as businesses/government find a way to slowly censor society more and more I promise that they will choose to do just that. So remember be thankful for your freedom of speech everyday, because without speech who are you?