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I think Muhammad Ali's anti-war stance was not only civil disobedience, he was a conscientious objector. he was forbidden by his religion to fight in war. He believed that not only as a black man he should not join in this war, but as a Jehovah's Witness. He felt so strongly in this belief that he was willing to be incarcerated. The supreme court heard his argument and by unanimous decision reversed his conviction. If he had not disobeyed the courts he would have been forced to do something he did not believe in.

If we didn't have civil disobedience, how would laws change with which we don't agree.? If a law was made to discriminate against a group of people, we need to show how we feel about it. We need to show if this law is enacted just to benefit another group of people. Civil disobedience helps to shine a light on injustices suffered. It also shines a light on some laws that keeps these injustices suffered by some, current and effective. …show more content…
These are the people who may not believe there is a just cause. They may believe that the law is right and the people who fight against these laws are law breakers. It's hard for people to step in another's shoes. It's hard for them to see their point of view.

Civil disobedience has been a staple in American culture for decades. Sometimes it is peaceful, sometimes it isn't. It depends bon whose side you are on who started the violence. I think as a free society is our constitutional right to object when we feel our rights are being trampled on.

Gandhi used civil disobedience to rebel against the Salt Tax by the British Empire. The raised the tax on salt production in India so Britain could import its own salt. Thousands were arrested but it forced the government to negotiate with Indian leaders about other things they felt were

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