Peaceful Protest In Colin Kaepernick's Racially Powered Patriotism
Wether it's a means of self expression or a key factor in revealing public unrest, peaceful protest is a vital part of a free society as its freedom asserts that anyone can express themselves, even when it's unpopular. We can look at cases like Colin Kaepernick where a simple pledge of allegiance was challenged because of it's "Racially Powered Patriotism" as he believes that racial tensions are of an institutional quality. Regardless of how you feel about his views, his contribution of opinion peacefully is a constitutional right that offers a certain insight into society at large. Another great example of unearthing public unrest is the protests that have been occurring outside of Trump tower and the president elect's home until his upcoming
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Let's imagine an America where no one was free to say anything about the president that was in power or if a massive pipeline is built under your town that runs the risk of poisoning the water supply, like in the case of the Dakota pipeline today, bad things like corruption and abuse of the Navajo people would go unnoticed and we would essentially be par for the course. This disturbing mental image is cured when we realize when we have the power to express ourselves which causes us to free ourselves from any slave-like society. Things like the Dakota pipeline protests are to be expected, but when the laws are broken, much like Rosa Parks in the Equal Rights Movement, protesters of people like Alton Sterling stare the police decked in swat gear metaphorically standing against authority. Many are arrested for what they believe and they feel that by being a martyr of sorts they can send a clear message to every person watching much like in the past. Several leaders of these protests advocate "Protest in peace, not guns," which, like Martin Luther King did lead by peace rather than violence which was much more
Let's imagine an America where no one was free to say anything about the president that was in power or if a massive pipeline is built under your town that runs the risk of poisoning the water supply, like in the case of the Dakota pipeline today, bad things like corruption and abuse of the Navajo people would go unnoticed and we would essentially be par for the course. This disturbing mental image is cured when we realize when we have the power to express ourselves which causes us to free ourselves from any slave-like society. Things like the Dakota pipeline protests are to be expected, but when the laws are broken, much like Rosa Parks in the Equal Rights Movement, protesters of people like Alton Sterling stare the police decked in swat gear metaphorically standing against authority. Many are arrested for what they believe and they feel that by being a martyr of sorts they can send a clear message to every person watching much like in the past. Several leaders of these protests advocate "Protest in peace, not guns," which, like Martin Luther King did lead by peace rather than violence which was much more