Understandably, Churchill"s remarks resulted in enormous public anger, outrage, resentment, animosity, and even threats on his own life. Demands were made from everywhere for Churchill to now have his university tenure revoked, be fired, or worse. As poor in judgment; harsh; thoughtless and cruel as Churchill"s remarks may have been, however, under the First Amendment, he still had the right to make them, and in my opinion, the freedom of speech of even someone like him should be protected. If not, it is just to easy for a society of ours to begin granting freedom of speech to those who have things to say we agree with and denying it to others. That is no freedom of speech at all. .

             The strength of the First Amendment, in fact, is that it protects everyone"s free speech, not just desirable free speech According to Derechos Human Rights : .

             Freedom of expression is one of the most fundamental rights that individuals .

             enjoy. It is fundamental to the existence of democracy and the respect of .

             human dignity. It is also one of the most dangerous rights, because freedom .

             of expression means the freedom to express one's discontent with the status .

             quo and the desire to change it. As such, it is one of the most threatened .

             rights, with governments - and even human rights groups - all over the world .

             constantly trying to curtail it2. .

             The guarantee of free speech is both a sign of an open society and a protection that distinguishes the United States from other, less open societies that offer their citizens no such protections. Freedoms guaranteed United States citizens based on the First Amendment include freedoms of "speech; press; religion, assembly and petition" ("About the First Amendment"). Further, "Without the First Amendment, religious minorities could be persecuted, the government might well establish a national religion, protesters could be silenced, the press could not criticize government, and citizens could not mobilize for social change" ("About the First Amendment").