In Chapter six, David Meyer\u00a0discusses and analyzes civil disobedience and how it relates to protest and social movements. The chapter looks into two different\u00a0forms of civil disobedience. One form of disobedience is through a collection of people and the other is more individualistic, which is justified through some form of “higher law.” Collective disobedience goes through cycles,\u00a0which is similar to most movements in America because there areso many people with different beliefs and values.\u00a0In order for someone to disobey the law they have to have\u00a0some passion for the cause they are protesting over. Now,\u00a0a\u00a0citizens level of civil\u00a0disobedience depends on how passionate\u00a0they feel towards what they are\u00a0protesting, which can make variate and create cycles of protest where sometimes the protests are strong and powerful and other times not so much.\u00a0According to David Meyers, the difference between\u00a0individualistic and the collection of disobedience is that individuals chose to work alone because they have a seperate set of beliefs that relate to a “higher law.” For example, a protestor could believe that a constitutional law is contigent rather than absolute because they believe that people should answer to a higher judge, such as God or the word of the bible. This individual protestor could work in a group, but would need to find people who share the same beliefs to the same extent as they do.<\/p>\n
When the writers of the Constitution gathered together to discuss the government of the United States, they agreed on the idea that they wanted to “Stop the development of divisive and potentially disruptive political conflict between the government and its challengers” (113). However, the American government allows access and it also\u00a0suggest interpretation can be made from the citizens within the United States. Citizens can view a law unjust and decide to protest for what they believe in, but the government regulates its citizens and wishes that people challenge the government less. Civil Disobedience is unwanted by the government and even other citizens, but does civil disobedience suggest that the American government needs to regulate how open the laws are to interpretation and questioning by the citizens?<\/p>\n
Ben Edwards<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In Chapter six, David Meyer\u00a0discusses and analyzes civil disobedience and how it relates to protest and social movements. The chapter looks into two different\u00a0forms of civil disobedience. One form of disobedience is through a collection of people and the other … Continue reading