Every citizen of the United States has Constitutionally-protected rights - inalienable rights endowed to them by their Creator (see Declaration of Independence) - to freely protest, to freely speak, and to freely publish their ideas, beliefs and comments openly in public.
Here is a an open letter from a teacher to students across the nation. It is worth reading remembering that our rights as citizens are only as secure as the same rights of the least powerful citizen in our nation. If we fail to defend each other's rights, none of our rights will be secure.
Here is a an open letter from a teacher to students across the nation. It is worth reading remembering that our rights as citizens are only as secure as the same rights of the least powerful citizen in our nation. If we fail to defend each other's rights, none of our rights will be secure.
"You are the answer. Your greeting, your smile, your gentle human touch is the only thing that can change the world of a desperate classmate who may be contemplating something as horrendous as a school shooting. Look past yourself and look past your phone and look into the eyes of a student who no one else sees. Meet the gaze of a fellow human being desperate to make contact with anyone, even just one person. You."