Communication, Regulative, and Constitutive Rules

I decided to talk about communication, regulative, and constitutive rules when using language because this topic was interesting to me. I wanted to find out more about the subject by doing more research. First off communication rules are shared understandings of what communication means and what behaviors are appropriate in various situations. For example, we understand that people take turns speaking, that we should whisper in libraries, and that we shouldn’t go around cursing in public. Regulative rules regulate interaction by specifying when, how, where, and with whom to talk about certain things. For instance, we understand that wearing just basketball shorts and a t shirt to class is acceptable but when in the workplace different clothes are more appropriate. The next is constitutive rules which define what communication means by specifying how certain communicative acts are to be counted.  For example giving a hug shows affection, smiling can show friendliness, paying attention counts as respect, and etc.

Hate Speech

A hate speech can be defined in this country as a principally racist and anti-Semitic speech. The actual definition is a speech intended to degrade, intimidate, or provoke violence or prejudicial action against someone based on their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, or disability. It is also recognized by the first amendment which has to do with freedom of speech unless it has some sort of violent or obscene words in it. Usually hate groups or individuals against a certain genre engage in these acts of hate. Hate speech on the web is a huge epidemic these days. I believe the outlawing of hate speech is the correct thing to do for this country. It just causes problems and nothing good comes from it. I consider hate speeches a heinous act that should be punished by law and should be censored off the internet. In a way our rights would be violated by eliminating hate speech but I think this country a better place. A more practical way of reducing hate speech is unprotecting it under the first amendment. 

American Society Metaphors

First of all both of the metaphors can describe this countries diversity very well. So it’s kind of hard just to choose one of them but if I had to choose then i would go with the melting pot reference. I just feel referring to the United States as both a rainbow and a family quilt is misleading in a way. For the reason that it sounds like reverend Jackson is saying everyone is close and together in America and that is not the case at all. We are all different in some way whether it is culture, looks, or preference. Now melting pot works for me as a metaphor for our American society. It is simple and to the point. It's a concept of many cultures being blended into one, single identity. As Americans we have a duty to our country no matter what race or background you come from to stand together. Whenever the country is in need we all seem to go into a melting pot to become one.