The Role Of Civil Disobedience In The United States

Civil disobedience is when people break the law and peacefully disobey it when they know there are consequences. I feel like civil disobedience is a constant event that happens every day in the United States, whether it is Anti- Trump rallies or Black Lives Matter rallies. Peaceful marches or protests happen everyday, just to prove to the government what the people want and what they will fight for. I am only 17 years old, and recently I’ve seen many peaceful protests on TV and the results are usually always the same, nothing changes. Although in history many peaceful protests have changed this country in so many ways and helped so many people, for example the protests that were lead by Martin Luther King. These people who participate in civil disobedience know what the consequences are and know what could happen, and yet they still act this way for their beliefs that they want to fight for, expressing their right to freedom of speech. When people peacefully resist they impact this country in many ways and it could be argued in a positive or a negative way, but I like to believe it impacts in a positive way for society and helps see other people's beliefs.
Peaceful resistance to the law can impact free society in a positive way, because it helps show to everyone a new way of seeing other people's beliefs and thoughts. It gives society an opportunity to help other people, and help their beliefs. During the Civil Rights movement, it took many years for people like, Martin Luther King to get what he wanted and many people helped him because he came to people peacefully and in a classy manner. If all members of society can still act peaceful and explain their beliefs and thoughts more things in this country can