Arguments Against Protests

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The first amendment to the constitution gives americans the right of free speech. This amendment gives us as citizens the right to speak our mind, express our ideas and protest others. This has paved way for many protests against racism, gun control, equality, higher wages, and many more. Protests have become a part of American culture, protests happen absolutely everywhere nowadays. Protests usually happen in a big city or even at the capitol, thousands upon thousands of people gather, hold signs, and chant in order to express their ideas to other people hoping to bring a change to the ideas or ways of our american society. While some protests may have worked in the past when people were fighting for basic human rights and civil liberties that they should’ve been entitled to have, nowadays protests are not …show more content…

Recent protests like the teachers protest in West Virginia, the women’s march on Washington, the student protest, the black lives matter protest, gun control protests have accomplished nothing. But why? Why does protesting in order to promote change not work? The fault is not just within the people, the fault also falls in our government, and in the media. While many may argue that protests may have been effective back in the 1960’s, protest nowadays are just an effective way of making a point. In our government, you must find a common ground in order to enact change. Protests don’t work because the government and its people refuse to find common ground and many times it seems like the same government that is for the people simply does not listen to it’s people when they want to create change. The media also tends to give the protestors a poor image. If the media continues to cover protests in this way and if the citizens of the United States continue to be ignored and refuse to work with the government then no change will be brought to

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