History, 03.01.2020 23:31, shels10tay

5. in the case of texas v. johnson, the supreme court held that freedom of speech
means more than just words. cite an example of symbolic speech. do you agree
that the first amendment should protect this kind of symbolic speech? why or
why not?

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In the case Texas v. Johnson (1989), burning of the American flag was considered a form of symbolic speech that is protected by the Constitution. The Supreme Court argued that some actions may anger people, but social outrage alone can´t be a justification for limiting freedom of speech.

Example: The Iowa state legislature passes a new libel law that is contested by local associations of journalists. They say some aspects of it will limit freedom of speech and freedom of the press. They organize protests and even promise to take the issue to the Supreme Court if necessary. As part of their street protests, they gag themselves with white handkerchiefs and march in silence. This is symbolic speech.

I agree with the argument of the Supreme Court that symbolic speech has to be equally protected by the First Amendment as far as no life or property is in danger. To limit or punish some forms of protest just because a social group or large numbers of people don´t like it, may have serious consequences for citizens´freedoms and rights, it may open the door to future restrictions.

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It developed as a reaction to the impact of european colonialism in africa on peoples of african descent. in the mid-20th century, activists in africa adopted pan-africanism as a rallying cry for independence from colonial rule. some african pan-africanists sought to unite the continent as one independenthope it was useful

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in his book, the riddle of the rosetta stone, james giblin talks about how there was a young british polymath and physician named thomas young who made a lot of advances on the deciphering of the rosetta stone. he says that even though young made a lot of mistakes because he was working under false assumptions, he also made huge contributions like deciphering three out of the seven symbols (more than anyone else before him). young published his findings and continued his good work but he wasn't able to progress much further due to some unfavorable situations, he still laid the basis for many other scholars and of course for the man who has been generally known to have deciphered it, jean-françois champollion

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