Square after the first leader had been kicked out of office, the Muslim Brotherhood decided that they wanted to take a chance at becoming leaders so they joined the protests in the square to gain the people’s trust. Unfortunately, shortly after they gained power over Egypt, they became like the leaders who were the original cause of the protest. One protester pointed out that “the more they (the Muslim Brotherhood) control the more people will hate them” (The Square). Unfortunately as people…
In order for a protest to be effective and get into the heads of the targeted audience, those who are protesting must have self-interest at heart. Self-interest is necessary because it directly connects the protesters to their cause. This connection would result in that protester being more driven and dedicated to expressing their beliefs and trying to accomplish their goal. Without being related to the issue at hand in some sort of way, a person’s actions may not all have the intention of…
The Impossible Will Take a Little While is an exceptional piece on finding hope in difficult circumstances. While the main point is on political hope, that is not the only kind found throughout the book. Each part has stories filled with this central message while staying true to who the author is as an individual because each chapter has their motivation for desiring change. What causes these desires is different for each person, but these stories can be the key to generating change at a local…
regulation are set to have five factors that can officially label restrictions as valid or not. These factors derive from the Heffron v. Int’l Soc. Of Krishna Consciousness. These five factors help determine the legality of punishing or restricting protests and other public speeches. The first factor is that the regulation must be content-neutral. This is when you cannot over or under. This has to be mainstream and both parties have to be on the same level of severity. Rules have to take into…
With the spread of social media as a of type mass media, allowing anyone to view or react to different political or social information is easier than ever. With the use of just one hashtag, it is easy for information to be spread from one person to thousands or potentially millions of others based on the size of their following base. Hashtagging a tweet or any photo links it together will all of the other posts that use the same hashtag, this grouping together allows for the rapid spread of…
jumped into action. Most of the students wanted to walk out of class as a form of protest. During one of the walk-outs a CMA student named Terrance stated, “When we walked out of school, we make a change, we’re here because we have a voice”(Hanover 2). Even though, the Detroit Public Schools district threatened to suspend students five days if they participate in the walk-outs. Terrance, a CMA student, helped lead the protest. Terrance knew that nothing would change unless they walked out. Until…
controversial, anti trump protest have recently broken out all across the country. But what are these protest actually doing? It's important to accept that Trump is going to be our president and that is not going to change. But if we want to have effective social change then we don't need to protest against trump we need to come together as a nation protesting about his views on immigration, women's rights, education and racial equality. What can be effective for protest and examples of…
It is disrespectful to kneel during the anthem because it divides the nation, causes detestation, furthermore it causes intensity between 2 dense populations of people. While the football players right to protest is god given, but that doesn’t mean they should desecrate the flag. My first reason to disagree is because men and women died for this flag.They died protecting all of us from greater threats, which in return lets the football players checks keep coming in. The things…
Every gameday there's the same routine. The players take turns warming up, then come out of the tunnel. Everyone stands for the National Anthem and they start playing. August 14 Colin Kaepernick hears the anthem start and he takes a seat. He goes unnoticed for the first time, but he starts gaining attention. Athletes in this nation have a voice that reaches across the nation to all age groups and people. They consistently are on the national stage with all eyes on them. Being able to use their…
Wilson to face prison time. In a video about A 14 year old Shane Flower that was giving a choose to participate in a peaceful protest or a violent protest for the case. “ if it don't make a point then why do it?” that was given from the older gentleman that make many good points about protesting peacefully. I believe just like what the older gentlemen believe in that peaceful protest have bigger voice to the world then violence. Many people around the world have seen what have happen but people…