Eight Values of Freedom

During Summer Advantage we talked about the eight values of freedom. In my opinion the most important value of freedom is the freedom to say whatever you want (excluding incitement). There are many reasons why I value this over other freedoms like right to assembly and right to petition. The first reason is that there are countries that punish and harm people who say certain things. In America you can say whatever you want without worrying about repercussions. Unless its social repercussions. But regardless if you wanted to scream a curse word out loud no one can stop you. The second reason why I value this is because if we don't have that right then America would not be considered land of the free and instead it would probably have other restrictions that come with it.The freedom of speech is a gift that we cannot take for granted at all. Other countries are not so free or lucky as us.