The Importance Of Peaceful Resistance To The Government
No one likes to lose. A fight, an argument - or freedom. Peaceful resistance to laws allows people to exercise autonomy and publicize opinions. Because the act of resisting governmental orders itself requires freedom, any resistance contributes to a free society.
Certain people are against the promotion of liberty for particular groups. Ideas such as voting rights, affirmative action, and the current debate of gay marriage all extend freedoms to minority groups. The people who are against these laws believe the minorities do not deserve the same freedoms they themselves deserve. However, those laws were created to implement that all people are “created equal”, as according to the Declaration of Independence. Because the Constitution claims …show more content…
If the government feels that the people are too powerful in their freedom, they may try to augment federal power to keep control of the citizens. While peaceful resistance does not physically hurt people, the spreading of ideas is powerful and could potentially gain enough support to be a full threat to the government. However, peaceful resistance is a product of a balanced government that gives people a say in their country, which should inherently protect against an uprooting of the government. That kind of accommodating government allows for freedoms that the people would not want to sacrifice by completely remodeling the government for a single altered ideological viewpoint. Peaceful resistance is a simple but influential way that citizens can express their opinions and concerns without fear of the government punishing them merely for having a voice. If in the case a government repressed freedom of speech, the peaceful resistance that would be bound to continue, even away from prying government ears, would promote the freedom that had been taken, both by discussing the ideas of a free society, and by simply speaking against the government, which, even if it is technically against the law, would be forcing freedom, by people taking their choices and voices into their own
Certain people are against the promotion of liberty for particular groups. Ideas such as voting rights, affirmative action, and the current debate of gay marriage all extend freedoms to minority groups. The people who are against these laws believe the minorities do not deserve the same freedoms they themselves deserve. However, those laws were created to implement that all people are “created equal”, as according to the Declaration of Independence. Because the Constitution claims …show more content…
If the government feels that the people are too powerful in their freedom, they may try to augment federal power to keep control of the citizens. While peaceful resistance does not physically hurt people, the spreading of ideas is powerful and could potentially gain enough support to be a full threat to the government. However, peaceful resistance is a product of a balanced government that gives people a say in their country, which should inherently protect against an uprooting of the government. That kind of accommodating government allows for freedoms that the people would not want to sacrifice by completely remodeling the government for a single altered ideological viewpoint. Peaceful resistance is a simple but influential way that citizens can express their opinions and concerns without fear of the government punishing them merely for having a voice. If in the case a government repressed freedom of speech, the peaceful resistance that would be bound to continue, even away from prying government ears, would promote the freedom that had been taken, both by discussing the ideas of a free society, and by simply speaking against the government, which, even if it is technically against the law, would be forcing freedom, by people taking their choices and voices into their own