Onlee Bowden

The Responsibility of Freedom

Posted by Onlee Bowden on August 19th, 2010 at 10:24am
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Sometimes, it’s very hard to accept that our freedoms are here for everyone who lives in this country as a citizen. My emotions get the best of me and I want to shout, No! Don’t let the KKK demonstrate on public land, or don’t let an Islamic center be built next to ground zero! I believe that along with great freedom comes great responsibility and tolerance. Yet tolerance, for those who are insensitive to the hurt inflicted on the innocent by the actions of others, is the hardest for me to give.  Freedom of speech is no different; we all have the freedom to speak our minds, yet we also have a responsibility to “do no harm.”

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