Civil Disobedience Does More Harm Than Good

Civil disobedience has proven in the past, and in more recent events, to be an effective way for people to express their voices to a government that sometimes does not want to hear what is being said. Issues that might be overlooked by the government are brought to light by the people who are trying to do the right thing, and in a society where social media allows us to better communicate an idea, civil disobedience can be proven to have a positive effect.
It is the right of the people to alter or abolish a government when it does not meet the need of the people. This was one of John’s Locke belief about a healthy government and why civil disobedience is a way to protest the law without breaking it and it allows people to pay attention to a certain issue. Civil disobedience has impacted the way our
From 1848-1920, thousand of women marched in the streets, endured hunger strikes and submitted to arrest and gail in order to gain the right to vote. (Starr). Civil disobedience has proved to be effective in the past, the civil right movement included sit-ins and illegal marches in order to protest for the right of African-Americans. Rosa Parks protested the law that African-Americans had to give up their bus seat for white people. During a time when violence was a major threat, civil disobedience allowed a group to voice one’s opinion about a certain issue. Civil disobedience also occurs with forest demonstration, sit-ins and blockades in order to protest what is dear to a group of people. (Starr) All of these demonstrations have had for objective to express a concern and act express that concern without involving violence. It is a matter of who they reach through their protest, and with technology it is an easier task to do, and how they respond to. Civil Disobedience is