Rebuttal (Affirmative)
Our first rebuttal point is that Censorship would take away our first amendment rights
The First Amendment of the US Constitution states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise 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."
Censorship according to the Encyclopedia Britannica is "The Act of changing or suppressing speech or writing that is considered subversive of the common good." Censorship, therefore, undermines and is contrary to the First Amendment, which is intended to allow freedom of speech.
The second rebuttal is that it is impossible to define what is subversive or inappropriate writing or speech. People define offensive or inappropriate material from different viewpoints. For example, someone might find some of the material on TV's reality show "Fear......
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