“A riot is the language of the unheard”. This powerful statement was said by the late Martin Luther King Jr., and with the amount of inequality that has been seen in all areas of life (gender, racial, etc.) paired with the lack of response, it is easy to see how upping one’s protesting tactics to a level of aggressiveness can be beneficial for a movement. However, when one tends to perform nonviolent acts of noncooperation, and gather the attention of many for their movement peacefully, they tend to generate more support: therefore, it is increasingly favorable for a movement to exercise diplomacy rather than aggression. To start things off, equality is a characteristic that should be woven throughout every aspect of our lives without question. While we are all diverse in so many
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Simple: these groups feel as if their voices are being ignored. As if they are not getting their point across, and so what do they do? They upgrade their tactic to a more aggressive level. From doing activities such as public speeches and rallies to now, “...vandalizing, arsonry, animal releases, and even rigging letters with razor blades.”, these groups have now grabbed the attention of the FBI, universities, and even condominiums in San Diego. This illustration goes to show how, when being diplomatic doesn’t get a movement where it wants to be, asserting aggressiveness surely will. Another example of a group that has rather skipped the diplomatic part and jumped straight to aggressiveness all together, is the Klu Klux Klan (KKK). The KKK was born shortly after the Civil War and lasted for a short time before dying out in the early 1900’s. The Klan was then reborn after World War I, and although throughout history, “...there have been four distinct periods where the KKK has died and then been reborn,” it is here where the hate-fueled movement planted its foundation and quickly gained recognition (Matthews). The KKK is composed entirely of “...white,
Simple: these groups feel as if their voices are being ignored. As if they are not getting their point across, and so what do they do? They upgrade their tactic to a more aggressive level. From doing activities such as public speeches and rallies to now, “...vandalizing, arsonry, animal releases, and even rigging letters with razor blades.”, these groups have now grabbed the attention of the FBI, universities, and even condominiums in San Diego. This illustration goes to show how, when being diplomatic doesn’t get a movement where it wants to be, asserting aggressiveness surely will. Another example of a group that has rather skipped the diplomatic part and jumped straight to aggressiveness all together, is the Klu Klux Klan (KKK). The KKK was born shortly after the Civil War and lasted for a short time before dying out in the early 1900’s. The Klan was then reborn after World War I, and although throughout history, “...there have been four distinct periods where the KKK has died and then been reborn,” it is here where the hate-fueled movement planted its foundation and quickly gained recognition (Matthews). The KKK is composed entirely of “...white,