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Comment by birdo-wordo

5 hours ago

It's not civil if it's law breaking.

That's literally exactly what civil disobedience is.

  • No that's uncivil disobedience. The difference is inaction vs action.

    • You might wish to do some cursory research before arguing further. For example, as a starting point, the Wikipedia page on civil disobedience has an entire section labeled "Action" listing counterexamples.

    • > Civil disobedience is the active and nonviolent refusal to obey certain government laws, demands, or commands to achieve social change or protest injustice

      Most associated with MLK Jr, who explicitly advocated breaking the law

    • Civil means nonviolent. There were laws against blacks sitting at certain counters in some areas of the US in the past. Those laws were broken without violence. That's civil disobedience.

      Please at least try to understand what you're talking about; you're embarrassing yourself.