The 8 Values Of Free Expression

    There are 8 values of Free Expression we can all reflect on here in America today. These 8 Values include The Marketplace Of Ideas, Participation in Self-Government, Stable Change, Individual Self-Fulfillment, Check On Governmental Powers, Promoting Tolerance, Promoting Innovation, and Protecting Dissent. 

    The 8 Values Of Free Expression are all important and necessary but the importance factor of each will differ depending on who you ask. 

    Personally, there are a few that seem most important to me. These Include "Checking On Government Powers", "Protecting Dissent", "Stable Change", and "Participation In Self Government".    

    The "Checking On Government Powers" value of Free Expression is a value which allows citizens to be learn about abuses of power, but also let's those citizens do something about that abusive power when they vote. This is of the most important values to me because I think the freedom to not only realize the higher powers are abusing their power, but also to be able to do something about that abuse at the ballot box is extremely important. I wouldn't want someone in charge to get away with a power they do not have, especially if they are using that power in a negative sense. Someone must be able to speak up and stop this. And thankfully as American citizens, we can and we will.

    "Protecting Dissent" is also a highly important value of Freedom of Expression. This value of expression says that everyone's view is protected and it is your protected right to disagree with not only everyone else but also the government. This value is greatly important. The ability to disagree with the government and not have to agree with everything they say is something we might take for granted. Some other people in other countries aren't fortunate enough to have that right. Governments might not always do something we agree with, and fortunately for us, we don't have to agree with them. Any and every American citizen has the right to disagree and  can even peaceably show that disagreement. 

    

    Another very important value of Free Expression is "Stable Change" which is the ability for citizens to speak their mind. The thought process behind Stable Change was to allow citizens to peaceably speak their minds so that they would not result to violence. It's in the government's best interest to allow stable change. I think that Stable Change is one of the most important values of free expression because it is important to give citizens that right to express how they feel in a peaceful way. I also think it's true that without allowing your citizens to peacefully speak their minds, you may have more violent ways of doing this to deal with as a government.

    

    The last value that I find to be most important in the 8 Values Of Free Expression is "Participation In Self Government." The "Participation In Self Government" value allows a state to govern itself. This is important to me because it means that your state is free from external government control without fear of higher government.