Have we really stooped this low while exercising “Free Speech”?

A 16-year old boy was detained on Sunday from Kutch

district in Gujarat for allegedly issuing threats against

cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s minor daughter.

The Class 12 student from Namna Kapaya village was

detained for questioning in connection with a disgusting threat

message that was posted on the Instagram account of Mr

Dhoni's wife Sakshi Dhoni a few days back, senior police

officer Saurabh Singh told reporters.

The teenager "confessed" to have posted the threatening

message on the Instagram account after the IPL 2020 match

between KKR and CSK cricket teams, the police said.

The nature of the threat had caused huge outrage on social

media, with several cricketers, politicians and celebrities

expressing disgust and demanding action.

It’s saddening that the citizens of this country are using the

idea of free speech to showcase their heinous and unethical,

immoral anger towards fellow citizens in a completely

unacceptable way, may it be a teenager threatening a

celebrity’s children or an adult man openly threatening a

female stand-up comedian. All of it needs to stop because

there is a certain way of expressing our opinions and it does

not include degrading, threatening or insulting someone in

any way.

It needs to be a civilized, respectful and it’s high time that

Indians understood that because this needs to be set right.

Just because the constitution guarantees us the right voice our

opinions and express our thoughts that does not mean we use

that privilege however we want.

So let’s make it a point that we do not do anything of such

kind and be responsible citizens when it comes to exercising

the right of free speech.

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