Sissy Speech Code

Sissy After reading all three essays, and yes I did read all of them even though the last was a difficult read, I chose to write about the first one about speech codes on campus and the problems of free speech. The problem I see with this is that we’re all afraid to hurt someone’s feelings, it’s the “sissification of society”.
How are we to let our children and young adults grow up if we are telling them what they can and cannot say to voice their options. How are we as a society able to grow as thinkers if we can’t voice those thoughts without repercussion. I know the First Amendment does not protect against “offensive speech”, but any speech can be offensive to someone. So I say if your easily offended then grow some thicker skin and have an open mind. It’s just sad to also see these law students at Stanford University wanting to enact these “speech codes”, that they think censorship is okay provided that your motives are okay. When are motives okay to go against the First Amendment? How far will this go they tell us what we can’t say soon it will be what we can’t think then what we can’t do. They more I think about this topic the more I try to figure out where this type of thinking comes from. One aspect I can think of is the “entitlement” that people have these days. That things should be giving to them without
Why do we give participation trophies or ribbons to kids? It is giving them a false sense of accomplishment. They really didn’t earn a trophy, yes they participated in the event, but they didn’t do enough to earn a trophy to show that they gave that extra determination to be better than the next kid. When we don’t push our children to be better all they are going to do is settle for mediocrity. If we have a society and generation that just settles for that mediocrity where will it put us as a