Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 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-up1616arrow-down120
arrow-up1596arrow-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 · 18 days agomessage-square128fedilink
minus-squarepeoplebeproblems@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·18 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-up12·18 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.