The First Amendment Guy Ciancia Charles Thweatt

Who & What  Juan Williams, analyst of National Public Radio.  Juan Williams was fired from NPR after he made a remark on The O’Reilly Factor about Muslims.

Where & When  The O’Reilly Factor  Fox News  National Public Radio  Wednesday October 20, 2010

Why  “I'm not a bigot. You know the kind of books I've written about the civil rights movement in this country. But when I get on a plane, I've got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they're identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous.” - Juan Williams  He spoke out against Muslims and the way they dress. He perceived them as making him nervous while flying on a plane.

How  To express his opinion on Muslims in the United States and how they are ridiculed because of their religion, their clothing, and their Arabic language that makes people uptight, paranoid, and uneasy.

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Conclusion  In the 1 st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, it states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercises thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”  How far are we willing to go to use the freedom of speech to speak out against someone or something? The choice is yours.

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