Civil Disobedience Negative Effects On Society

Civil disobedience has been used by many historical figures to protest certain laws the most famous being Martin Luther King Jr. While they made huge impacts it raises the question, is does it make a positive or a negative impact on the people and our society. Recently there have been many "protests" as they are called that have been very violent and have hurt many Americans and society as a whole. But, in my point of view civil disobedience is both safer and a more positive influence on the people and society. In the past society has faced problems that were effecting people negatively the people faced it with calm and civil acts protesting by doing peaceful walk ins and boycotts but recently the people have faced new events that were either disliked or unfair to the people which has caused the public to riot or "protest" the latest event …show more content…
The most they did was tell the police that they refuse to leave, that is what civil disobedience is. Civil disobedience is what society needs but society as a whole has forgotten history and the effects that these acts had on them now, to protest something the people do not approve of the people must be peaceful like the great men and women before us and while there is violence now the people can change and not be violent and hateful, its just a matter on reflecting on what society has done in the past. Civil disobedience is positive for society its just that society needs to remember the meaning that there is a peaceful way to deal with problems and as a person who looks to the past for strength we as a society should really cherish the ideas of the people who paved the way for civil disobedience and for us as a society accept them and become