"Should a Hated Word be Banned?" Upfront Magazine

Recently, the Israeli parliament has proposed a law that would ban the word "Nazi" from being used as a derogatory term on the streets of Israel. This was brought up just because of how teens would trash talk each other and use words like this that were quite hurtful and were meant to provoke another person. While all of this is going on, there are arguments on both sides of the disagreement. One side says that banning this word would be violating peoples basic rights, and in this case, the freedom of speech. The other side claims that the word makes them feel pain and it just reminds the people of Israel, a jewish state, that their own kind was terribly treated in their past. I believe that the word should be banned because Israel is an 80% jewish country and the use of the word in a derogative fashion would be absolutely hurtful.

The first reason why I believe this is that if over 7 countries have already banned the use of Nazi symbols and flags, the word would most likely mean just the same to them. Seeing the symbol would just remind the Jewish people of Israel about the absolutely terrible state that they were in not too long ago. Also, if you think about it, the use of the word "Nazi" is like the use of the n-word in a way, reminding a certain group of what the terrible state they were in and even though the word is not banned in the U.S., its use can not be anything but derogative. The last reason why the word should be banned is that the use of the word just reminds the world of the missing 6 million jews that should have lived to see the day that they were free when they unfortunately did not.

In conclusion, the use of the word Nazi should be banned because of all of the terrible things it reminds people of, and the way that it can be used to hurt someone very badly. Many people think the exact same thing of the n-word and its use. All of their arguments are just like the ones that I have and many other people believe the same thing. This idea was made just to protect the jewish people of Israel.