Nahma Alfarah
SOC 111
May 3, 2017
As common sense has it, uncivil discourse has gain some controversies over the years. We have seen hate crime had tremendously increased in the past year or so, and as hate crime increase the more we are going to experience uncivil discourse. People are expressing hate speech thinking that it is free speech. However, that is not the case. I believe hate speech is not free speech because hate speech is offensive to other. Stating your opinion is perfectly okay until it becomes to the point where you are threatening someone or causing violence. That is when I believe it is not free speech. I also believe that media plays a huge role in spreading hate crime. People think that if they say it online it is okay when that is not true. If someone posts something online, it is on there forever. It is hard because people think that what they are saying is not offensive when it is it. I believe what can be done is that people need to be careful on their word choice. We need to teach people that this sort of action
In the article, Teachers Not Shying Away from Divisive Political Discussion, Survey Suggest, by Madeline Will, talks about some teachers are not afraid to talk about the politics in their classroom. On the other hand, about 42 percent stated that it was hard talking to their students about politics. There are many reasons why teachers are afraid of talking to their students. For example, Will states that teachers are unsure whether or not their own political views match with their students. If controversy happens, teachers will not know how to handle it. Another example is that teachers are afraid of what their students' parents will say and what the students will say. It is interesting that about 55 percent of teachers that there were not afraid of discussing politics with their students while 28 percent had the opposite feeling. In my opinion, that is slightly more than half of the teachers who are subscribe to Education Week. I did not think that many teachers will discussion politics with their students, especially about the election. Overall, Will states that about 70 percent of teachers believe that it is important to talk about politics in their classrooms. In my opinion, in you are dealing with K-12 grade students, I do not think it is right to discuss politics. As you can see, these students are young to understand each other views. On the other hand, it is important that college professors discuss this issue with their students. However, college professors need to be careful of the word choices they use when discussing politics.
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