Just on general considerations, it's amusing to subordinate our thinking to "famous minds" on a topic like "disobedience". Any ahistorical misunderstandings abo

Just on general considerations, it's amusing to subordinate our thinking to "famous minds" on a topic like "disobedience". Any ahistorical misunderstandings about these Famous Minds aside, you evaluate a tactic on its effectiveness. If a particular masochistic, submissive tactic furthers your goals, it's worth considering. (Though so are the costs.) Otherwise, it's plainly absurd. As MLK himself would've no doubt pointed out, there were others participating in the Civil Rights movement. These movements aren't reduceable to the famous minds of Great Leaders, though of course those in power (who want people to obey leaders) try to frame history that peculiar way.