Protect Dissent

Out of the Eight Values of Free Expression we decided as partners that Protecting Dissent is the most important one. The protection of dissent is the protecting the right people have to disagree with the government and not be punished. We found that there are a couple of reasons this value of expression is above the others.

To start this value ranks at the top of the list because without criticism there would never be progress. This is not only in government but also a life lesson, nothing grows unless you have somewhere to go. Without other ideas and criticism of the ideas in place there would be no growth. The concept of criticism being beneficial is called constructive criticism and without it many people would stay the same year after year.

Secondly, the First Amendment protects our right to call out the government when they are in the wrong. The people in government are there elected by the people, therefore, representing them. Because they are representing the people this gives the citizens the right to say if the government officials are doing the right things or not.
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Finally, Protecting Dissent is held at such a high value because it is a huge part this countries freedom. Protecting the right to criticize the government is something that not all people get to do around the world, leading to the fact that Americans hold it at such a high priority.