Summary Of Letter From A Birmingham Jail By Rev. Martin Luther King

When answering the question does peaceful resistance to laws positively of negatively impact a free society, one word takes precedence - peaceful. Too many times we overlook that word and the result is just resistance to laws. In recent days, something that was titled peaceful demonstration turned into violent protest. The violence is often the intention of the "resistance" groups from the onset. The latest example comes from those who protested the outcome of the presidential election of Donald Trump. Their intention was violence and destruction in the name of protest. Egged on by media corporations with political leanings, these enraged individuals are given a free pass. This gives actual civil disobedience no chance to create positive change. The majority of protestors have no idea what cause they are associated with, just looking for their shot to get on television. The next "protest" must outdo the last and so on and so on. It is now commonplace to destroy property, set fires and attack innocent bystanders to get your point across. After reading "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. for the first time for this essay, I realized what true civil disobedience was. Rev. King understood that his
Our country was founded on the basic principle of "we the people". It is these people that must stand when it's government steps outside the bounds of governing for the people and by the people. The United States of America was not founded to be a monarchy or dictatorship. These types of governments do not tolerate any form of civil disobedience. If we over react to the violent protest by shutting down all protest, we will become a dictatorship. We must call violence what it is - anarchy, and deal with it accordingly. We must also cherish the act of civil disobedience even when we disagree with those practicing their