Free Speech And Peaceful Protest In The United States

Analyse the representations (1,2 and 3E) and choose the one which you think is the best representations of how effective peaceful protest was in securing civil rights in the USA

Standing up for others rights is important because when you stand up to it you are standing up to injustice and unfairness. When you do stand up to injustice you must have the courageousness and bravery to stand up for what you believe is not right. Someone who stood up to unfairness was Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks did not give up her seat on a public bus. She thought it to be unjust that people would judge others by their skin color.

America is made up of freedom of speech. Without freedom of speech America wouldn't be what it is today. Martin Luther King was and still is an inspiring, motivational, admiring, and much appreciated person. He used his voice and power to fight for what is right, every time he spoke to the people he did that. He spoke with courage and empowerment.

Civil disobedience and peaceful resistance to laws have instigated within our country, in so many instances, much-needed change. The Boston Tea Party, the Suffragettes, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights movement are only a few examples of times that civil disobedience has redefined our country. Without peaceful resistance to laws on moral or political grounds, the citizens of the United States would not have many of the freedoms we value.

Importance. It’s an attribute applied to most of our lives. Most things that appear in life tend to BECOME important whether it’s a person, a feeling, a book, or a belief. Standing up for something is always important especially if it’s for something you believe in; for example, standing up for a person doesn’t always mean to stand up for somebody that’s being bullied, but it can also mean standing up for a person or people of a different race. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stood up for his own race in order for black people to receive the rights they deserve because that’s what he believed was important. With this in mind, throughout time, there have been a variety of citizens that have actually supported Martin Luther King for what he stood up for and felt that it was not only a bold movement but an important one as

The world is really messed up in today's generation. Many of the population around the world especially the United States Of America is forcing each individual to go by a certain government or leader. In the United States they have most individuals to be free and as independent they want to be but the one thing that the United states need to do is watch how many individuals use their free independent rights by doing ignorant things. The individuals that have independent rights do not know how to use their rights properly. They think their rights do not mean anything to other citizens and the authorities.

I believe that peaceful resistance to laws both positively and negatively impacts a free society. Civil disobedience is the refusal to obey certain laws and government demands one considers unjust, and accepting the consequences. The first amendment prohibits Congress to enact any law that would intervene with any person's civil rights. Though everybody knows this, why are there discussions about what people can and cannot refuse to do. Some people refuse to do things because it goes against their faith, which as stated earlier is allowed according to the first amendment. While others refuse to see what is right in front of them, in the very center of the Declaration of Independence.

The United States Constitution grants citizens the right to peacefully protest and petition the government; however, some people believe that civil disobedience should be expunged from the list of rights people have. I believe this would go against the notion of the United States being the "home of the free", freedom is only freedom when there are no restrictions. Yes, civil disobedience does case complications between the people and the government, but wasn't the government made " for the people, but the people"? Do they not have the right to live under laws they approve of?

As compatriots of the United States, it is our responsibility and commitment to overthrow any type of social or civil injustice. In that process, we as American’s must ensure our rights by practicing a form of civil disobedience. In other words, we should not remain quiet in the roars of prejudice against a certain group of people. Leaders that derive from the civil rights movements like Martin Luther King Jr, Cesar Chavez, Malcolm X, Eleanor Roosevelt, and others have shown us that nothing we want will come into our laps, as humans we must work for the things that we want. In 1950’s through the 1960’s, there was a wave of activist who fought their way to the end of civil injustice, many used their orating skills and others recruited members

There are many ways to define trolling. Although both authors acknowledgement this issue exists, their definitions and the possible resolutions they each offer are as based on their own perceptions. This is a good example of why it’s so hard to resolve this overall issue under our constitutional right to free speech to begin with. Everyone perceives the problem and solutions in their own, individual way.

In modern day America, the topic of freedom of speech is widely disputed. More specifically in regards to when you are protected by our first amendment. It is extremely important to know what this right entitles as a way to protect yourself, as well as to keep yourself from looking like an idiot. For example, being banned from a social media site, such as Twitter, does not violate the constitution.¹ This is because Twitter is a private organization. This is also why you can be fired from your job if you say something incriminating on the internet.¹ The first amendment does not apply to private organizations. As well as this, you cannot be fined or punished for something such as not standing for the pledge. This is because it “is an act of political

As Americans, we have the right to protest, and make vocal anything in our society which with we do not agree. We see it happening everywhere today in our country, as people stand for or against movements including LGBT, abortion, Black Lives Matter, and even the recent presidential election. We the people are the only individuals who can make change in this great nation. The only way we can improve this country is by protesting and supporting movements that we find to be just. It is important to stand up for what we believe to be right, because it is our only way of making others aware of how we feel about a certain issue.

America is a land whose roots are nourished by equality, opportunity, and freedom. The first amendment that our forefathers sought to proclaim was that of freedom of speech. In doing so, all men were allowed to speak their minds, regardless of how it might impact someone else. This was a concept that was relatively marred since its conception in ancient Greece. Free loving nations have always sought to increase the happiness of its citizens, yet it has always failed. America is a benchmark of liberty that showed what a consensus of people with different backgrounds could do.

What comes to mind when you think of a protest? Maybe your mind conjures up images of the Scottish people protesting in the streets for their independence just this year. Is the Civil Rights movement of the 1960’s when African Americans took to lunch counters and Mississippi streets? Perhaps it drifts all the way back to 1773 when Colonist protested 13 years of increasing British taxation. The ability to protest is an act that has historically has been allowed; or disallowed; by the people in power at the time.

The act of civil disobedience has proven to be prevalent throughout time and, recently, this issue has become relevant in the news and even here at CSUN.