The
First Amendment is what gives
Americans a
privilege most of the world's six billion people do not
enjoy,
free speech. While most of those deprived of this
privilege would love to have it and
cherish it, but some
Americans, having lived with it their entire lives, feel it as a natural
right and take it for
granted.
Since they feel that they have a right not to be offended, they try to suppress this so-called "hate speech" and political incorrectness, in turn violating those peoples' First Amendment rights by placing their own sensitivities above the welfare of the people of the entire nation. In fact, some people claim that the First Amendment gives too much freedom. These people should spend a couple years in a country without this wonderful privilege. I have, and I learned there is no such thing as "too much freedom". However, "no freedom" is a painful reality for many people in the world.
Please, cherish the fact that you live in America, a free country (relatively). You should be really glad you did not have to live in 1940's Soviet Union or 1970's Cambodia.