BLOG #3: EIGHT VALUES OF FREE EXPRESSION

 The First Amendment states that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

The Eight Values of Free Expression is how we practice our first amendment rights and how it could benefit us within the society. The values include marketplace of ideas, participation in self government, stable change, individual self-fulfillment, check on governmental power, promoting tolerance, promoting innovation and protecting dissent. Out of the eight values, the one that resonates with me the most is promoting innovation. Promoting innovation means that a "community in which free speech is valued and protected is likely to be more energized, creative, interesting society as its citizens actively fulfill themselves in many diverse and innovative ways".

In todays generation, everything is mostly based on evolving and innovating and I feel as a millennial I have experienced most of this. Growing up, I have experienced technology evolving and becoming more impactful in todays society. We have seen countless technology be revealed throughout the years and have noticed many changes. Technology including cellphones, computers, headphones, televisions and so much more. We rely on these technologies to have access to social media which gives us information about what is going on in todays world. 

Promoting innovation happens in my every day life since we learn something new everyday. Whether this means updates on news, learning new information in class or just learning new information from our peers. In class, we discuss different news articles that relates to the topics we learn in class that day. There are new rules and laws that become established every day and are always shared on the news. A new example would be the new covid variant, Omicron is what is trending around the news today. With this new variant, there will probably be new regulations in place once the variant comes to the United States regarding masks mandates and quarantine rules.

No matter what it is, promoting innovation happens every day and could be revelant to anyone. We learn about new ideas every single which make us into the people we are. Learning new things every day is how we evolve has human beings and how we cope with todays era.