In a country as abstract and diverse as the United States, many decide to be unique individuals and go against the natural way of a citizen. We know these acts as Civil Disobedience. In the many acts of Civil Disobedience, people go against the basic laws of their country peacefully and accept the consequences for the actions that they commit. Civil Disobedience is strongly frowned upon and negatively impacts a free society because it tells people that they can deliberately break the laws that make us the United States of America, it gives a great hindrance to the many citizens trying to live freely by following the rules, and it could start a mini revolt on the country.
Civil disobedience tells people that they can absentmindedly break the
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Many people would say that protesting is a type of Civil Disobedience, but there is no place that says that protesting is against the law. There is a bold line between obeying the law and breaking the law, there should be no way around it. Our country is a country that people tend to flock towards. The act of Civil Disobedience has a very negative impact on our country. If someone was to come to the United States and see our citizens blatantly breaking the law and taking the consequences willingly, we will seem like a country that has no control over its citizens and every law-abiding citizen will have a stereotype placed upon them. Abraham Lincoln once said, “Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well-wisher to his posterity swear by the blood of the Revolution never to violate the least particular the laws of the country…” ( Civil Disobedience, Article 2) Being a man of wonderful words, Abraham Lincoln hits this topic hard when he says “Never to violate the least particular the laws of the country.” As a nation, we tend to strive off of the popularity that we have with other …show more content…
Allowing people to rampage around the country breaking the laws, while peacefully, is a big mistake and should be fixed as soon as possible. Why would a country want to allow its citizens to break the law when the laws were put there for a reason. People are told to be unique, but it can go only so far. Individuality is only prevalent when law- abiding citizens are the ones being individual. Civil Disobedience is strongly frowned upon and negatively impacts a free society because it tells people that they can deliberately break the laws that make us the United States of America, it gives a great hindrance to the many citizens trying to live freely by following the rules, and it could start a mini revolt on the