Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days 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-square128fedilinkarrow-up1611arrow-down119
arrow-up1592arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square128fedilink
minus-squarepeoplebeproblems@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·3 days 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-up12·3 days 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.