In a question posted by @hattiehughs14, she asked "The constitution protects citizens from government censorship. Do you believe the government has taken this too far in what they censor?"
Over the last year, censorship has skyrocketed. Following the Black Lives Matter Movement, the ongoing LGBTQ+ Movement, and the Presidential Election, a substantially larger amount of public works began to be censored. Children's books, twitter posts, music, just about anything started getting censored. While I do believe that the government has the complete right and probable cause to censor anything that could do harm to the public, I do believe that there have been instances recently that don't fall into that category.
One of my biggest arguments is the recent book banning that has been occurring at a state level. While I do understand the reasoning and idea behind banning these books, I also believe that we, as a society, need those books. Books allow us to see our past, which we may not be proud of, but still provide important information to prevent similar things from happening again. The time that we are living in right now is very progressive and lots of things are changing at a business and social level. This however, does not mean that generations to follow will feel and act the same way. A large reason Gen Z is so active in their rights is because we had the books to read and we saw the similarities in society today. The harsh reality that is shown in books forces people to analyze society as it is now and find parallels that need fixing.
Another argument that I feel strongly about is censoring political information on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. While I completely understand that people misconstrue information and simply produce false information, I don't necessarily know that it is constitutionally correct to censor these things. When these things are being censored, I believe the intent behind the censorship is to prevent the public from seeing one side or the other, not to protect them from harm.
All in all, I do understand that censorship is necessary as a protective agent, but I also believe that keeping some things uncensored will do more good than harm.