Boundaries

As individuals, we have the freedom to do or say
whatever it is that we want and why we are freely saying whatever comes out of our mouth, let us not be quick to forget that with every free act we exercise, there are consequences and responsibilities that we must bear.

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So what really is freedom when the word responsibility and consequences lurk?

This made me take a trip down memory lane when an ex-president was addressing the masses, and he said something like, freedom of speech is your constitutional right, but freedom after speech is not guaranteed and this is where responsibilities and consequences comes to play.

The fact that you can express yourself whenever and wherever is the freedom that you possess within your boundaries which does not extend.

One thing with freedom is that it ends where another person's right begins.

Thus, it is limited and one is advised to think critically well, weighing all options before uttering any word, because once the word is out you are no longer in control, you lose your right, create consequences and then take up responsibilities.

We are all entitled to our opinions until the next person gets offended and reacts within their capacity of freedom to act, which is where the word Freedom gets compromised.

If I am free to express myself, should I be punished? Should I be victimized? Should I get in trouble?

You know there is a reason why the Creator added the mind feature to our body's creation and made it private such that no one could just randomly read or pick our thought.

This is so because of how compromised freedom of expression can get with a third party. We all have rights to exercise, but it should not be at the expense of another person.

We should also not be exercising implicating rights because our tolerance levels are different and this is the very reason why we should express ourselves with caution.

Then there are social media trolls who would tell you they are exercising their fundamental human right of speech by infringing on your rights of expression.

They want to be free to say or do whatever and rather not have you react. These sets of social media users wants a Freedom of speech they would rather not accord the next person.

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