 Can I get your names and years? I'm Emma and I'm a junior. And I'm Victorian, I'm a junior. My name is Grace and I'm a senior. I'm Quinn and I'm a sophomore. I'm Elise and I'm a sophomore. My name is Elijah. My name is Lucas Yerco and I'm a junior here at UVM. I'm Quinn Raymond and I'm a senior. I'm Nick and I'm a senior. My name is Megan and I'm a sophomore. I'm Quinn Houston, I'm a senior. I'm Sophia Tyler, I'm a junior. I'm Josh Hunt, I'm also a junior. My name is Bo Willem and I'm a first year. I'm Willow Kingston, I'm a second year. And what do you know about free speech? I know that it's, you know, talked about a lot. I know that it means a lot to a lot of people. And it's, you know, one of the core values in America. I know that free speech is an American right. Not a whole lot, I wish I knew more. The first thing that comes to mind is like protesting and stuff like that. Not a whole lot, but I know it's something that we have. I know that it's integral to the world that we're living in today. I don't know a whole lot, but I know that it's important. And that people should have free speech. I know that free speech is guaranteed in the Constitution. Lately its definition has been a little wishy-washy. I don't know, I know it's really important. I know it's something that we've been learning about since we were kids. But I think that I guess its application can be varied. Are there certain ways that you feel like free speech manifests in your own life? Yeah, in terms of myself, I just speak my mind to anybody. And then obviously if there's any kind of issues, we speak about it and resolve any kind of issue that may have been brought up from that. With regards to like protesting and things like that, as students on a campus that is very politically active, you get a lot of people who have a lot to say and wouldn't be able to say it if we didn't have those same protections. I think that I feel comfortable with free speech in the places that I have lived. But it definitely, like saying that, that's very much a privilege. It's just part of being a person, getting things off your chest and saying what you want to say. Personally, no. I don't think about it much. Do you feel like it's something that's important to protect or something that should be maybe controlled a little bit? I definitely do think it's important to protect, especially because in our country I think, I don't know, we have a great opportunity to have free speech, so I think people should utilize it as much as possible. No, I think free speech is essential, but when it comes to like media stuff and like fake information, I think that's where lines get blurry and protection probably should be necessary. Especially for like the demographic online. I think that it's important for everybody to be able to express their opinions and their beliefs, but free speech only goes as far as it doesn't encroach on other people's rights. Yeah, I would say free speech is important to having valuable conversation and hearing people who want to be heard, but I don't think that should be allowed to let people be hateful and call for harm against others. I don't think that's protected against. I don't think that is free speech to call for harm against others, but I think some people will try to use it that way. So I think in those situations it can kind of be debated in that way. I don't think that hate speech should be encouraged or kind of allowed, but at the same time kind of everyone has free speech, so I don't know. Yeah, I think that people are entitled to their own opinion as long, but there's a barrier that exists where an opinion can be wrong if it's harming others. Within freedom of speech there should be within school systems and within the system a way to have a radar for hate speech to know when something that has been said is wrong and is hateful and should work to be reversed. Do you feel like there's repercussions in our time in culture for speaking out about something that you're passionate about, or do you feel like it's generally pretty accepted and understood? I feel that with the internet it's definitely a little easier to get away with it. You can just speak behind a little mask and free speech has definitely become the textbook definition on the internet, but in public discussion it's definitely a little more loose. I think it depends on where you are. I think here it's a lot more encouraged and people are a lot more open to your ideas, but we both went to high school in Florida and it's a bit different there and you can definitely get in trouble for something as simple as wearing a pro-choice shirt, like whatever. It's interesting to see which actions they reprimand and it's definitely a shift coming here and feeling like no matter what your opinion is it's a lot more acceptable to share it. Is there anything else that we haven't asked about that you think might be interesting or important on this topic? I just think it's a very important thing to protect and I think that everyone should have the right free speech but it definitely is a very complicated topic that should be talked about more. It's great that we have it and I think it's something around the world that we can maybe take for granted here. I would just say always be honest, always. It's a free speech, so speak your mind. That's it. I think today's day and age, especially with foreign conflicts that are going on right now don't believe the first infographic that you see. Everyone should speak their mind unless it's hateful. Do you want to exercise your free speech now? Yeah, I think we should have more quails on campus. I've seen a lot of eggs but not a lot of quails so I'm wondering what's going on with that. Going off that point I definitely think we should be going for more quails. I definitely think that would make the vibe of the atmosphere. I'm pro quail.