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    Peaceful resistance‚ as with all forms of protest‚ have both positive and negative effects on America’s concept of a “free society” but upon inspection‚ one can see that in time‚ it is positive. Forms of peaceful resistance can range from a conscientious objection to a law in the form of protesting‚ to simply writing a representative to express one’s opinion on a law. Each of these are opportunities for citizens to exhibit their constitutional rights to organize‚ free speech‚ and perform their civic

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    “The greatest nonviolent resistance is that even as man is faced with tyranny‚ and the resulting suffering‚ he responds to hate with love‚ to prejudice with tolerance‚ to arrogance with humility‚ to humiliation with dignity‚ and to violence with reason.” (-Lou Xia) Peaceful resistance has a positive impact on society. Throughout Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s entire lifetime‚ he used peaceful resistance to voice the segregation policy of America against black people. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi used

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    Peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a free society because it informs and educates the government on how Americans react to certain laws. This can be observed in many of the current events that are going on in America today and have gone on the past the past. One prime example of this is during the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement. Charismatic leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. peacefully influenced American politics and ultimately brought about the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which disallowed

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    characteristics of the people that the social movement can reach out to. It is also important to note that‚ some leaders of social movements prefer a violent approach‚ while others prefer a nonviolent approach. An example of a leader utilizing a specific type of approach is Mohandas Gandhi‚ who implemented nonviolent strategy. Nonviolent strategies can be based on different ideals depending on the belief a person holds. The reasoning and methods to form a social movement is very complex. Charles

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    IV. Why does the Resistance Choose to be Violent? The reason why the resistance tend to use violence as a method of protest is fairly straightforward. It is simply because violent protests and activists normally catch more attention by the mainstream media‚ which generates more mediation opportunity to the resistance. Political violence from a mediation perspective is an extreme speech act anxiously seeking for visibility (Cammaerts‚ 2012: 123). It is arguably to be said that mainstream media endorse

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    Peaceful resistance to laws is essential in the progress of a free society and promotes responsibility among citizens to uphold their rights and beliefs. In many instances where desired civil‚ reproductive‚ or other rights are in question‚ the legal route of seeking change in our laws has been unproductive or seemingly impossible. This frustration is beyond an American dilemma or a 19th century issue‚ but rather spans many forms of government over time. It has been and will always be the duty of

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    Peaceful resistance to laws is resisting the law‚ but it will still positively impact a free society because rather than having people act violently because they do not agree with some law and believe it is unjust‚ they will calmy protest instead of rioting. Our government in the United States of America is a democratic republic‚ which we are very fortunate to have because the people are given a significant amount of power‚ but some instances are bound to occur where a majority or even a minority

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    Peaceful resistance to laws positively affects society. By following a law one agrees with it. For the most part laws are just and by following them one can contribute positively to society‚ but there are unjust laws. By following an unjust law simply to prevent personal harm one is agreeing to the terms of the law. In agreeing to the law it is strengthened and others are more likely to follow. It is in this way that “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” (Luther) due to the

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    The Negative Effects of Peaceful Resistance Civil disobedience is the way in which peaceful resistance comes to play. Gandhi in Gandhi and Civil Disobedience states that “In my humble opinion‚ noncooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good”‚ this is significant because when people riot‚ burn buildings or make threats‚ that is not anymore effective as when people hold up signs and chant. Peaceful resistance to laws negatively impact a free society by resorting to violence‚

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    Dennis Rattunde A Lesson in Peaceful Resistance Government is one of the most discussed topics found on the Earth. This is because government controls how the population will live its daily life. However‚ it is up to the population to agree or disagree with the government’s style of rule. Most often when such issues come to question some kind of movement that is designed to be peaceful comes into play. Although originally peaceful‚ it is hard to predict what kinds of effects such movements may have

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