How Does Civil Disobedience Affect Society

Civil disobedience, positively impacts a free society. Take Martin Luther King, for example, him and many other activists fought for civil rights. His whole fight was non-violent. He would travel around states preaching about equal rights. He was ganged up on numerous times, but never did he start it. There were simply laws such as: African Americans couldn't vote, or purchase land on top of there was still slavery present in the United Sates, that King and others didn't agree with and wanted to change. Some say, that it doesn't always stay civil, and throw in Malcom X. Malcom X; however, did not practice civil disobedience. He practiced violence in order to achieve his goals. You see, synonyms of civil are: "polite", "courteous" , "well-mannered", ect. Malcom X, did not truly practice this. He believed that violence was the only way to get something done. King, on the other hand, believed things
There are thousands of women, immigrants, and Hispanic protests occuring, because they fear that their rights will be taken away from them, or they will be exiled from the country. These people are not harming anyone, they just want the public to see their concerns of this president-elect. Trump claims that he wants the country to be united, rather than separated. By these protests, the people are hoping that he will take back some of the threats he has said in his election campaigns. If things go according to plan, Trump will change his stance on immigrants, and the border. He could possibly even take back the negative, degrading things he has said about women. Yet again, people will throw in the protests in Washington, where the city is being destroyed. This is not civil. These people are angry, and want change now. They have this irrational belief that causing damage will get them what they want, when this in fact has only led to the worsening of the