Political Protest and Passive Resistance

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This paper examines how in comparison to the use of violence in political activism and protest, the use of nonviolent passive resistance has proven more successful in achieving political goals throughout history. It discusses how it is unreasonable to believe that additional violence can possibly help solve more problems than it will create in the effort to achieve political goals and maintain international peace. The author takes the stance that people should feel motivated to take an active role in politics and stand up for their moral beliefs through passive resistance.

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"Passive resistance, also known as civil disobedience, is founded on the principal of nonviolent protest. Typically, people who practice passive resistance see a certain law, principal, or regulation, either social or legal, that they feel is morally wrong, and therefore break these laws because the laws go against their morals. Passive resistance protesters are willing to be punished for their actions. and they hope their peaceful acceptance of punishment,will set an example for others to follow in their footsteps. There is an overwhelming amount of historical support in favor of passive resistance, and many leaders of modern nonviolent political movements have followed the ideas of political activists and revolutionary thinkers like Samuel Adams, Henry David Thoreau, and Martin Luther King, Jr., who have followed a tradition of civil disobedience throughout American history."

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