Uncivil disobedience and the border of protest
The article warns that the fringe of the protest movement opposes majority rule and insists on rights while disrespecting others. It stresses distinguishing civil from civil disobedience, condemning illegal actions like draft card burning and campus sit-ins as not protected by the Constitution.
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Hook warns illegal protests betray democratic process
Sidney Hook of New York University argues in the New York Times that social protest becomes civil disobedience and illegal when it deliberately violates laws enacted by the nation’s highest bodies. He cites tax and conscription laws, segregation bans, and public accommodation protections as examples, and notes illegal protest against nonconflicting local and state laws.
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