Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoIf what they taught us about checks and balances was a lie maybe what they taught us about civil disobedience was a lie too.message-squaremessage-square108linkfedilinkarrow-up1581arrow-down117
arrow-up1564arrow-down1message-squareIf what they taught us about checks and balances was a lie maybe what they taught us about civil disobedience was a lie too.Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square108linkfedilink
minus-squarepeoplebeproblems@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 day agoCivil disobedience is not meant to draw attention. It’s meant to fight back without violence. Drawing attention is a protest or a boycott.
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day agoCivil disobedience can overlap with both direct action and protest. But that’s my point: we were only ever taught about the latter.
Civil disobedience is not meant to draw attention. It’s meant to fight back without violence.
Drawing attention is a protest or a boycott.
Civil disobedience can overlap with both direct action and protest. But that’s my point: we were only ever taught about the latter.
Ok fair, yes.