Lixian Huang
Oct. 2nd, 2015
Week 2 Blog
ASA 2, A03
In “Berkeley Free Speech Movement: Paving the
way for campus activism”, Robby Cohen narrates the story that how the Free
Speech Movement(FSM) took place in UC Berkeley, met huge obstacles, but finally
won a success as well as brought up a new thought that the young generations
could also make noticeable political change. Free Speech is vital, because the collision
of thoughts is important for social improvements. Sometimes, not until someone
points out the problems of certain controversial issue, few people really
realize what is going wrong. I understand the fears of the power class who
restrict the free speech. Such powerful people feared that others can find out
their faults, and overthrow their government. But we do not deserve this! We
have the freedom to discuss whatever topics. We should not be guilty for
generating “DIFFERENT” thoughts and express them. It is very nice for the
students fought for the right of Free Speech. It is their fearlessness leads to our confidence. Without their efforts, we might
not be as free as how we are today. I think when the similar situation happens, we also need to stand up and fight for our own rights, instead of being silent.
Question: The FSM won a happy ending, but sometimes
such kind of protest cannot win, even at a price of massive arrestments. What
should the not-at-all powerful students do, when their protest turn out to be
useless?
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