First Amendment

To many Americans, the First Amendment is treasured and therefore should be protected and not tampered with at all costs. To me, and writers like Charles R. Lawrence III--composer the of essay "On Racist Speech"--and Karl Sharro--composer of the essay Charlie Hebdo and the Right to be Offended--the first amendment is important but it should have restrictions for when it becomes something hurtful rather than a protection of one's freedom. The amendment was originally created so that people could be free of danger when speaking out against what they felt was wrong, in the founding fathers case, the British king. Now, it's becoming a discussion of whether or not people should be allowed to make racist remarks or bash on another one's Religion. These cases should have restrictions and shouldn't protect people for those remarks are not to speak out against what's wrong, but instead perform the opposite of doing the wrongdoing.
Now, even though I said there should be restrictions on the extreme, I still do believe that people have the right to be able to let their opinions and voices be heard, even if they may be mildly offensive. Only once it becomes extreme, like racism or mockery of someone's Religion, should an action be done against that person's speech. For example, back in my Middle School days, one of my fondest memories was when a student at our school put together a page on Facebook named "St Laurence Memes"--a website designed to have light fun of circumstances/teachers at our school. First, the website started off with funny memes designed for light humor against our teachers. The problem arised when one student decided to create a meme that was quite demeaning to one specific teacher, a picture that I still hope that teacher never has to see. Because of this incident, everyone that decided to post a picture was equally in trouble, something that I found wrong. Before, the students that were acting harmlessly never intended to do anything wrong and by having them be punished is an infraction of our rights. Yes, I do believe that that one person who posted something so wrong deserves to be in trouble, and in that same way I believe that the first amendment should be treated with some control for those extreme circumstances.
Moreover, the main discussion seems to be on whether or not there should any control on the first amendment, and I definitely do believe there should be. People should not be ridiculed by others freely.

- this picture is about the march in Paris regarding free speech after a terrorist attack-