Civil Disobedience Persuasive Speech

Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience espouses the need to prioritize one's conscience over the dictates of laws. It criticizes American social institutions and policies. He contends that people's first obligation is to do what they believe is right and not to follow the law dictated by the majority. When a government is unjust, people should refuse to follow the law and distance themselves from the government in general. A person is not obligated to devote his or her life to eliminating evils from the world, but he or she is obligated not to participate in such evils(SparkNotes.com).Does Brittany “Bree” Newsome display Civil Disobedience? Brittany is a deep-seated women who withstood for what she believed in. Brittany removed a confederate flag, went to
Well, after all it was a confederate flag and she was an african american so therefore, she was deeply offended when she saw it being hung high in front of the South Carolina State House. At the age of 30, Brittany scaled a 30 foot pole chanting "In the name of Jesus, this flag has to come down. You come against me with hatred and oppression and violence. I come against you in the name of God. This flag comes down today." Shortly after the chant, she lowered the flag and descended into the arms of awaiting policemen. Brittany then announced that she was prepared to be arrested. Brittany was not alone in this act, James Ian Tyson was also helping her. Onlookers applauded Newsome's efforts as she was being cuffed and as she was led away reciting the 23rd psalm from the bible. Yet, the flag was raised again 45 minutes later (Wikimedia Foundation). After all, the practical reason why, when the power is once in the hands of the people, a majority are permitted, and for a long period continue, to rule is not because they are most likely to be in the right, nor because this seems fairest to the minority, but because they are physically the strongest(Thoreau,