Irony in America, Well, It’s As American As Apple Pie

Freedom in a sense? Yes. Complete Freedom? Not so much. How ironic is the fact that once America celebrated its legal freedom from Great Britain, it also glorified its illegal rule of publishing or even uttering anything with a negative connotation to the government? How was it possible that the First Amendment prided itself on making no law that would “abridge the freedom of speech, or of the press?” I understand that it was written in a different time with a different context. With that in mind, I have come to realize that this was almost a test, one in which would play itself out and tell the truth in time. Eventually, problems would be encountered and the flaws would arise to the surface. Fast forward 200 plus years and this issue of free speech still remains highly controversial.

So that makes you wonder, well, where does the power ultimately lie? Who makes the choice of what is political vs. what is nonpolitical speech? You tell me. I do believe that individuals, such as teachers and doctors, hold some degree of power. However, the truth is that the great amounts of power are held by higher authorities in government. This fact is as clear as a 24 karat lavender diamond from Cartier. This philosophy is how it works and that is what our society was built on. At the same time though, as individual living in society we have to be conscious of our power and take advantage of it.


On another note, America has grown and progressed into this too-many –adjectives-to -describe kind of a place. Once again how ironic is the fact that “All men are created equal” yet when this was put into place slaves were not considered human? Or that we are the richest country with the poorest amounts of people? The country with the most amount of food and the unhealthiest people? (Yes, all of that food is probably our biggest health threat, but still!) How about the land of opportunities with the laziest people? As an American, how do you feel about all of this?


.......................I leave you with this image of irony......................


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