In a time where America is undergoing so much transition to a new presidency, we are witnessing a substantial increase in civil disobedience to the new laws and sanctions being put in place by the new president. While there have been some outburst of unnecessary violence and unrest, most of the resistance has been peaceful in nature. The question we have to ask ourselves is whether peacefully protest laws we see unjust beneficial to our society and the manner in which we govern it. I affirm that peaceful protest is beneficial to those who want to refute a law that they do not agree with. I beleive movements like the March for Life and other peaceful protests are very powerful and speak volumes of what the people want. The American government
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In regard to whether peaceful protest has any substantial effect on our government or the way the country runs, just look to Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights movement. King preached that the movement had to be peaceful and that there could be no other way. The people in the South that supported the movement were harassed, arrested, and treated very unkind by the government. They willingly accepted the consequences for they understood the long term effect would be greater and more substantial than the present. A modern day example is the March for Life in Washington, DC every year in an effort to overturn the Roe vs. Wade decision that made abortion legal. I believe this positively affects our society because, as a supporter, I believe there is no harm in standing up for your beliefs in a peaceful manner. In doing so, citizens of the United States participate in the freedom of speech granted to them by the government. Being active in politics and government, especially for the youth, is a very good sign of engagement and interest in what is happening in our country. Without any struggle there can be no gain so protesting in a peaceful way may take longer and aggravate some members of society, but as long as it
In regard to whether peaceful protest has any substantial effect on our government or the way the country runs, just look to Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights movement. King preached that the movement had to be peaceful and that there could be no other way. The people in the South that supported the movement were harassed, arrested, and treated very unkind by the government. They willingly accepted the consequences for they understood the long term effect would be greater and more substantial than the present. A modern day example is the March for Life in Washington, DC every year in an effort to overturn the Roe vs. Wade decision that made abortion legal. I believe this positively affects our society because, as a supporter, I believe there is no harm in standing up for your beliefs in a peaceful manner. In doing so, citizens of the United States participate in the freedom of speech granted to them by the government. Being active in politics and government, especially for the youth, is a very good sign of engagement and interest in what is happening in our country. Without any struggle there can be no gain so protesting in a peaceful way may take longer and aggravate some members of society, but as long as it