Civil Disobedience Is Good

I strongly believe that civil disobedience does a lot of positive. Unsatisfied citizens have the right to participate in peaceful protests against something that, in their opinion, is unlawful or not fair. There are many inspirational and great examples of both peaceful and violent protesting bringing change. Many of today’s greatest influencers practiced peaceful protesting, and we have many inspiring quotes as proof. There is not a direct answer on why we should protest but there are a great many reasons why it is helpful.

There are two kind of protests: violent and peaceful. Violent protests are usually going against the law. We might think of them as really impatient people who want their voices heard. The peaceful protests are normally …show more content…
Another person who inspired people to protest peacefully was Henry David Thoreau who, in 1792 said, ”The government is best which governs least.” Thoreau wrote the books “Civil Disobedience.” The most ineffective and substantial march, a positive form of protest against our president elect’s inauguration, was the women’s march, that 4.8 million participated worldwide. More recently, Muhammad Ali said “Don’t give up, suffer now and live your life a legend.” Ali was thrown into jail because he refused to get drafted, he did not believe in the war and what it stood …show more content…
Well, women still get payed about eighty percent of what men do for the very same job. Also, in my opinion, our President elect is not suitable for our “free” country. I respect everyone else who believes otherwise, and who think our President elect is perfect for this country. We can continue peaceful protests for all innocent refugees being accused of terrorism, and groups of people being accused for something they did not do. Peaceful protesting (the ones that worked in the past) were beneficial for a majority of groups to this day, so there really is not a reason for not