Inactivity

I am sorry that I have been slacking the past couple days on this blog. Sunday was Father's Day, Monday I was packing for vacation, and right now I am just burnt out. I was in the middle of making a post about how majority America such as straight people, white people, cis people, and men are completely oblivious to a lot of minority issues, and I just found myself rolling my eyes. I was trying to be polite and level headed explaining how people say that LGBT people already have representation and whatnot and while I was in the process of explaining how wrong that is my tone changed. Mid sentence I found myself going from an informative explanation to suddenly talking about how ignorant and homophobic these remarks are and how fed up I am with hearing them. The level of awareness that I have developed for the people around me has become infuriating. I am stressed out about all these things around my house that I can't sit down and be logical when talking about these racist, sexist, homophobic people who I often address with these posts. Society has me exhausted and drained. So I need to get through my summer holiday with at least some degree of sanity. I will be back after that. Sometime early to mid July I will be back to posting regularly. Deeply sorry, I am simply busy and people are awful. 

What Exactly Does Freedom of Speech Mean?

Freedom of speech, the first amendment to America's constitution. The legal definition of freedom of speech is;

The right, guaranteed by the first amendment of the U.S. constitution, to express beliefs and ideas without unwarranted government restriction.

So once more, this amendment protects you from government censorship. You cannot be told that you legally are not allowed to say certain things, with the exception of inducing unnecessary panic, such as shouting "FIRE!" in a full movie theater when there is not in fact a fire. But I am really sick and tired of people using that right as a shield.

"In regards to Zendaya's dreadlocks, I feel like she smells like patchouli oil or weed"
"That was really racist Giulliana Rancic, black women should be proud of their natural hair."

"Bruce Jenner is a science experiment, we should be focusing on real news."
"That was really transphobic Snoop Dogg, it's Caitlyn, and she is finally being who she really is."

"The German futbol players let Norway score they goal because they didn't want to mess up their hair."
"That was really sexist Stephen Smith, it was a good shot and if a man did poorly in a game you would just attribute it to how he played."

"When guys whisper in each others ears I always think it's kinda homo."
"That was really homophobic Iggy Azalea, there is nothing gay about nonsexual and nonromantic acts between same sex individuals."

"FREEDOM OF SPEECH."

Freedom of speech protects you against government censorship. It does not mean you get to be an asshole and everyone around you just has to allow it and say nothing because "freedom of speech." If you say something awful, people are going to call you on it, and they should. There is no law that will protect you from criticism or having to own the things you say. If you tell me that I can't do something because I am a woman, you are legally not going to be up against any sort of problems. You won't get sued and you won't go to jail. However I hope every living human within earshot tells you that sexism isn't funny. If you poke fun at the gay guy at work, freedom of speech will not protect your job. That could be considered harassment. You could get penalties at work or even lose your job entirely. Freedom of speech doesn't make you invincible, it simply protects you from government censorship.

I would like to make it known that none of the people who made the above comment actually used freedom of speech to excuse their deplorable behavior, I just wanted real life examples of offensive comments that we would all be familiar with to tack on that excuse we hear so often.