Is freedom of speech necessary in a free society? Give reasons for your answer.

In modern societies, the freedom of speech is likely to be taken as granted especially in the developed countries. It is quite natural that different people have different perspectives and their opinions should be sometimes contradicted. Given this, some people would think that the freedom of speech can sometimes hinder the agreement and there are some situations that the freedom of speech should be restricted. However, I strongly believe that freedom of speech is always necessary in a free society. In the following analysis, I would like to reason and provide some evidence to support my position.

First of all, we should not forget that the censorship or restriction on the speech can lead the entire society to the autocracy. For instance, we can find out some notorious dictators in the history and almost all of them restricted the freedom of speech (e.g. Stalin in Russia, Hitler in German, and Pol Pot in Cambodia). Given the immense number of victims under their dictatorship, it is obvious that securing the freedom of speech is the first priority in today’s society.

Second, the reason why I argue that freedom of speech is highly important is that it secures the diversity of society. As I stated above, free speech can sometimes cause conflicts. However, it is the diversity of opinions that make the welfare of society improved. If all the people have the same opinion in a society, this society must not be improved and be stagnant.

Lastly, but not least, the speech is the fundamental characteristic of human beings. Therefore, our life should be monotonic and we should become lethargic if we are restricted to speak as we would like to do. For instance, the research conducted in the US have shown that the people who articulate what they think are more likely to be mentally healthier than the people who pay their mind to others and refrain from saying their own opinion. This research clearly shows the importance of freedom of speech.

In a nutshell, I think that freedom of speech should be secured in the free society for the abovementioned reasons. Without it, our society must be collapsed and be stagnant. For the prosperity of the society, the conflicts of opinions are unavoidable and we should seek out the solution for them.

Votes
Average: 7.3 (1 vote)

Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, e.g., first, however, if, lastly, second, so, therefore, for instance, i think, first of all

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 13.1623246493 175% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 16.0 7.85571142285 204% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 12.0 10.4138276553 115% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 7.30460921844 178% => OK
Pronoun: 41.0 24.0651302605 170% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 49.0 41.998997996 117% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 8.3376753507 96% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1899.0 1615.20841683 118% => OK
No of words: 382.0 315.596192385 121% => OK
Chars per words: 4.97120418848 5.12529762239 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.42095241839 4.20363070211 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.74138270483 2.80592935109 98% => OK
Unique words: 176.0 176.041082164 100% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.460732984293 0.561755894193 82% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 582.3 506.74238477 115% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.60771543086 93% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 12.0 5.43587174349 221% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 5.0 2.52805611222 198% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 16.0721442886 118% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 20.2975951904 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.2931558653 49.4020404114 90% => OK
Chars per sentence: 99.9473684211 106.682146367 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.1052631579 20.7667163134 97% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.10526315789 7.06120827912 72% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.38176352705 114% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 8.67935871743 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 3.9879759519 176% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.4128256513 29% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.275715580776 0.244688304435 113% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.102288202297 0.084324248473 121% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0773515346981 0.0667982634062 116% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.172705516712 0.151304729494 114% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0530329909579 0.056905535591 93% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.0 13.0946893788 92% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 50.2224549098 119% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.3001002004 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.55 12.4159519038 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.14 8.58950901804 95% => OK
difficult_words: 85.0 78.4519038076 108% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 9.78957915832 87% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.1190380762 99% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 10.7795591182 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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