We are slowly losing our free speech

We are slowly losing our freedom of speech 

Recently, Jamie Fox came out and apologized for something he said.

Then Neo said something about how he thought children should have to wait until they were of age to be able to choose their sex. Well, the LGBTQ community went after him. He came back and said he would not apologize for having an opinion. 

I agree with him. So many people are trying to "cancel" people just because they don't like their opinions. 

Anymore, no one seems to be entitled to their own opinions. If you disagree with someone, if this is your own opinion on a subject and people don't like your opinion, then they want to cancel you.

I remember Kevin Hart stood up and said he wasn't going to apologize for something he said 10 years before that he already apologized for. Good for him! He didn't care that he would lose the Oscar gig; it was about principals. 

Look, we've all done or said something stupid in our life. Every single one of us! Does that mean people can continue to berate you with that years later? No, absolutely not. You made a mistake. Hopefully, you've apologized for it and learned from it and didn't do it again. It's over. Now everyone else should get over it, too.

And as far as Neo is concerned, he's allowed to have an opinion, and I say good for him for standing up and saying he won't apologize just because you don't like his opinion. Where is our freedom of speech going in this country? Are we not allowed to say what we think in order to not piss off someone? I get that we must have respect for others' beliefs or race or sexual orientations or disabilities but just because you don't agree with something is no reason to come after a person. That is also discrimination against freedom of speech.

We need to stop being so soft in this country. We need to stop being our children's friends and being afraid to punish them. We need to stop giving trophies to everyone who didn't win. We need to be able to voice our opinions whether you agree with them or not. We need to get over ourselves.

So today my friends look at where the country is going. When we start taking away our freedom of speech, when we are no longer able to voice our own different opinions, our rights will slowly erode until we have none left. 

And then you might as well move to Russia where your opinions will get you killed. Remember, this country was built of free speech. These are our rights. Like what a person says or not, keep scrolling, follow someone else, but you don't get to dictate a person's opinion.

"Be the change you want to see" 

@TreadmillTreats