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Just like breaking segregation rules in the South was Illegal or for blacks and whites to marry during segregation in South Africa. I agree that laws matter, b
by socialdemocrat 6y ago
Just like breaking segregation rules in the South was Illegal or for blacks and whites to marry during segregation in South Africa.
I agree that laws matter, but I think people get too hung up on laws at times and don't take into account the profound importance of civil disobedience to advance society forward and get rid of immoral and unethical laws.
- iandanforth 6y agoA thousand times this.
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- lolinder 6y agoAgreed. I wasn't saying that I think that the law is right. The original article phrases it as Reagan "called the strike illegal", which makes it sound like that was just his opinion. The law as written is pretty unambiguous. If you want to effect change in the law, you first have to acknowledge that Reagan acted in line with the law as written, rather than according to his own whims. What made the civil Rights demonstrations work was that MLK and others showed just how bad the law was by breaking it and accepting the consequences. They were deliberately drawing attention to the law, rather than focusing on the enforcers of it.