What Was The Importance Of Civil Disobedience
Civil disobedience is a form of a peaceful protest and in terms of a free society, it is positively impactful. Within a free society, there is free speech, religion, press, assembly, etc. It is a way to protest and express your viewpoints without violence. It is not meant to harm others, but to bring people together in solidarity to fight for what's important to them. There must be action to bring about change and the only way is through civil disobedience.
We live in a free society with laws created to protect the people, but also laws we will disagree with. No one has an obligation to always agree with them, therefore if someone feels that a law is unjust, they have the right to protest peacefully. In the words of Martin Luther King, "Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue." Mr. King emphasizes the importance of civil disobedience, by stating that the only way to create a compromise on an issue is through direct action that is peaceful; Which will force those opposed to listen. It …show more content…
lead to a positive impact, such as the abolition and the illegalization of segregation. If Dr. King and any Civil Rights Activists had sat around and done nothing then segregation would still be present. If a protest is done violently, then the issue will not be acknowledged, but worsen the situation.
While participating in civil disobedience, no law is broken because it is a right in the first amendment to peacefully protest. A peaceful refusal or resistance to the government is civil disobedience. For example, Mohammed Ali refused to participate in the military draft in the 1960s and was criticized by being called a "draft dodger". "Ali never dodged the draft; he opposed it, accepting the legal consequences without any attempt to evade them. " Mohammed Ali had every right to refuse the draft, and he knew he would face consequences, therefore he stood by his word. It would be draft dodging if he had come up with an excuse for not to go or if he had fled the country, but he did neither of that. He peacefully expressed his opposition, without causing any harm to anyone, which lead to his activism against the war. If he had accepted the draft and fought in the war then he would have probably died and wouldn't be an activist.
To peacefully protest means to do it without violence and that's what civil disobedience is.
It is a way to bring about change, to spread awareness on an important issue, and to fight for what's right. It is not a crime, it is a peaceful resistance and opposition to bring about a compromise that will lead to a positive impact on society. Martin Luther King had done it by fighting against segregation, and Mohammed Ali had done it as well by opposing the military draft. They had both participated the act of civil disobedience because of a law they found unjust. They have no obligation to like it or agree with it, therefore it is within their right to disagree and express that through a peaceful protest. If no one protests against an issue, then nothing will change. Change cannot be expected if nothing is done to make it
happen.
We live in a free society with laws created to protect the people, but also laws we will disagree with. No one has an obligation to always agree with them, therefore if someone feels that a law is unjust, they have the right to protest peacefully. In the words of Martin Luther King, "Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue." Mr. King emphasizes the importance of civil disobedience, by stating that the only way to create a compromise on an issue is through direct action that is peaceful; Which will force those opposed to listen. It …show more content…
lead to a positive impact, such as the abolition and the illegalization of segregation. If Dr. King and any Civil Rights Activists had sat around and done nothing then segregation would still be present. If a protest is done violently, then the issue will not be acknowledged, but worsen the situation.
While participating in civil disobedience, no law is broken because it is a right in the first amendment to peacefully protest. A peaceful refusal or resistance to the government is civil disobedience. For example, Mohammed Ali refused to participate in the military draft in the 1960s and was criticized by being called a "draft dodger". "Ali never dodged the draft; he opposed it, accepting the legal consequences without any attempt to evade them. " Mohammed Ali had every right to refuse the draft, and he knew he would face consequences, therefore he stood by his word. It would be draft dodging if he had come up with an excuse for not to go or if he had fled the country, but he did neither of that. He peacefully expressed his opposition, without causing any harm to anyone, which lead to his activism against the war. If he had accepted the draft and fought in the war then he would have probably died and wouldn't be an activist.
To peacefully protest means to do it without violence and that's what civil disobedience is.
It is a way to bring about change, to spread awareness on an important issue, and to fight for what's right. It is not a crime, it is a peaceful resistance and opposition to bring about a compromise that will lead to a positive impact on society. Martin Luther King had done it by fighting against segregation, and Mohammed Ali had done it as well by opposing the military draft. They had both participated the act of civil disobedience because of a law they found unjust. They have no obligation to like it or agree with it, therefore it is within their right to disagree and express that through a peaceful protest. If no one protests against an issue, then nothing will change. Change cannot be expected if nothing is done to make it
happen.