Is Censorship American

Is Censorship American? Nothing is more un-American than violating the Constitution. So how does it happen everyday in our country without even a blurb in the newspaper? Freedom of speech and freedom of the press were granted to United States citizens when the Bill of Rights was amended to the Constitution in 1791. By adding this to our constitution, it makes it illegal to restrict Americans from voicing their opinions. Yet these rights are hindered and …

…you take away their power. Democracy is based on power of the people, and assumes that the participating citizens are informed and conscience of their surroundings. Unfortunately, in the American definition of democracy neither one of these is true. Americans are conscience only of the filtered reality that is fed to us day after day from birth to death. If you take a step back you might start to wonder what you’ve been missing.