The Cost Of Civil Disobedience

Civil Disobedience is an important aspect of American Society. It provides for individuals and groups to state their opinions in a non-violent way, that should be respected by others to hear their point. Society gets impacted by the use of Civil Disobedience, but there is no easy way to determine if it is helpful or detrimental. Every individual receives the same rights in being able to obey or disobey whatever it is they please. As stressed in Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience is only properly done by those individuals who are ready to accept their punishment, no matter what the cost may be. Civil Disobedience achieved it's highest attention during the Civil Rights Movement, when African Americans fought peacefully for their equal rights as Americans. In Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail, he discusses the actions he did that lead him to getting incarcerated. Martin Luther
The Westboro Baptist Church is an active group of individuals who protest against Jews, Muslims, American Soldiers, the LGBTQ community, Catholics, etc. They exercise their right of free speech and their Civil Disobedience rights by attending the funerals of American Soldiers and yelling negative comments to the families and friends of the solider. Civil Disobedience allows for all types of people to be able to express their opinions, just like the First Amendment. Asking whether or not Civil Disobedience impacts a society raises the question of who gets to determine what is good and what is bad to say to the public. Civil Disobedience allows for every American to have their voices heard, so long as they are willing to accept their punishment. By removing the ability to have Civil Disobedience, that would lead to a deterioration of Civil Liberties set forth by the Constitution, which guarantee the basic rights of the American