Freedom Of Speech: The Case Of Anthony Elonis

Freedom of speech might be the most useful and righteous freedom a citizen could be granted with. As technology improves and society becomes more and more modernized, people get more comfortable with the social media and tend to express themselves more on those tools.As one knows, there are specific ways to express opinion or address to people and social media require specific manners and would not advise publicly intimidating another no matter what the situation is or was. That is the case for Anthony Elonis whose case will be studied and elaborated in this assignment. Anger and grudges can push more than one to do or say what we can call disasters, that is the case of Anthony Elonis. In fact, according to the Cornell Law School website,

Going to social media and repeating such horrific and scary lyrics such as “Hell hath no fury like a crazy man in a kindergarten class” (Liptak, NY Times, 2015) or ““Pull my knife, flick my wrist, and slit her throat” (Liptak, 2015). This type of speech could, I believe, enough evidence to prove that Mr. Elonis could harm any human being. The idea of just rewriting those lyrics could make one think that Mr. Elonis find interest in the lyrics instead of the music. I also think that it is better to be careful and find a way to take this type of person away from the population to avoid any worst-case scenarios. It starts with expressing anger through social media, what will it be next? Probably, the person will be so tempted in putting in action those lyrics that he would not hesitate a minute to harm one or several individuals which could be prevented if he is rightly and fairly punish for whatever provocative and scary behaviors he has. To conclude, the Supreme Court can take decisions that might be disapproved by the majority but would still play a major role in cases such as Elonis v. United States case in which a man was sued for being provocative and threatening. As elaborated, the supreme court decided that prosecutors did not bring enough evidence to prove that Anthony Elonis was threatening to specific people although he was sentenced to fourth four months for conduction aggressive behaviors towards people through social