Hello everyone! The Lori’s Loop blog is back, happily, by popular demand. On this #WisdomWednesday, I must jump in with a super hot and very heated topic. I would be remiss if I kept quiet on something that could potentially affect my readers businesses and or business relations. That being said, I am going to give you a short response while keeping completely politically neutral. Let’s see how this works out.
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the freedom of speech, religion and the press. It also protects the right to peaceful protest and to petition the government but let’s just stick to freedom of speech for the sake of this blog post. Living in this “free society” and having this right afforded to us insures that we live, breathe and thrive in a democracy.
As with anything in life, the First Amendment does have exceptions. Some of these exceptions include but are not limited to include obscenity, fraud, child pornography, speech integral to illegal conduct, speech that incites imminent lawless action, speech that violates intellectual property law or true threats.
Having said that, simply put, yes, you have the right to say whatever you want, however you want, whenever you want, on whatever platform you choose and to whomever you want. Now, just because it is your right to say something DOES NOT mean that there will not be consequences to whatever you chose to say. This slight shift is where most people get stuck. Just because you have the right to say something does not mean your target doesn’t have the right to react accordingly. This is the part most people cannot seem to link in their head. Here’s a silly but to the point example to try and bring this home to you. If you walk up to someone on the street and you punch them in the face, don’t be upset if they pull out a knife and stab you. I know we aren’t talking about physical violence but words that shoot out of your mouth can incite violence and or violent behavior. Stop being shocked when someone does not react at the same level that your words came out. You have the absolute right to say what you want and the recipient of your right also has a right to ignore, react in kind or totally destroy you with their rights. You have the right to walk into your bosses office and tell him that he is a jackass. That in fact is your right but your boss has the right to fire you….consequences. You have the right to tell off a client of yours. That is your right but your client has the right to take their business elsewhere…..consequences. You have the absolute right to your free speech, just be prepared to stand by your convictions.
The point, an intelligent and strong person will choose their words wisely. They will exercise their rights properly and, they will accept that there could possibly be consequences to each and every action they take. Stop standing behind half of the First Amendment and learn to look through both eyes, listen with both ears and think before you speak. This discipline alone will catapult you through life…..successfully, monetarily and safely.
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