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Peaceful Protest In America

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Protesting has always been involved in the history of America since the founding of this country. America was founded on a protest based solely on the unfair and unjust laws and taxes that Britain forced onto the colonists in the 1700's. However, not all protests end up being peaceful. There are peaceful protests, and there are forceful protests. In my opinion, peaceful protests have a more positive influences a free society. If there are peaceful protest being displayed on news channels or social media, there is a higher chance of that peaceful protest influencing the society in positive ways. More people are going to react to peaceful protesting in positive ways rather than responding by getting hateful and angry. Of course, not everyone reacts positively towards protesting; there …show more content…

The pipeline was going to be placed underground and would go through Native American land which is sacred to the Native American tribe who lives there. There have been many Native American tribes who have peacefully protested in order to draw attention towards the situation. Many celebrities have shown their support for the protests which has resulted in informing more of the public of what is going on in North Dakota. The peaceful protest has resulted in enlightening the country as to what is actually happening on the Native American land. By protesting in a peaceful manner, it allows people to get an understanding of serious situations that they might not have known about. Peaceful protesting is something that gets the point across while not causing anyone harm and brings the attention of issues so people can be educated towards these difficult times that they knew absolutely nothing about. A third protest that went on actually happened last month. The Women's March happened the day after Donald Trump was sworn in as our forty-fifth President in various cities in the United

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