No More Censorship
By: Anna • Essay • 452 Words • May 2, 2010 • 987 Views
No More Censorship
I feel like music should not be censored, because if you censor an artists music then that’s basically
taking away his or her constitutional right to freedom of speech. No one complains when a christian group marches on an abortion clinic, so why should people complain when an artist says a few words some people don’t like? These parents who don’t want their kids to hear any cursing need to take control and monitor their kids closer, but no matter what they will hear it eventually. Weather it be on the radio or hear it from their own parents.
Censoring an artist’s music is like telling Leonardo Di Vinci he can’t paint. One of the other arguments for censorship is that violent music causes violence. Well the way I see that is if someone told you to go jump off a bridge would you? If not then why would you go kill someone just because a rapper talks about it?
Most rap talks about life in poverty which many of these rappers had to deal with, there is nothing wrong with telling your life story, weather it be in the sub barbs playing with your puppy, or in the poverty stricken streets of Compton joining a gang to keep your self safe. No one stopped Martin Luther king Jr. from preaching about his ticket to freedom so why should we stop a rapper from talking about his or her ticket from poverty through music. If your father is a lawyer then you’re probably going to know a lot about law, but many of these