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birdo-wordoyesterday at 9:43 PM3 repliesview on HN

No that's uncivil disobedience. The difference is inaction vs action.


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smrqyesterday at 9:56 PM

You might wish to do some cursory research before arguing further. For example, as a starting point, the Wikipedia page on civil disobedience has an entire section labeled "Action" listing counterexamples.

culiyesterday at 9:55 PM

> Civil disobedience is the active and nonviolent refusal to obey certain government laws, demands, or commands to achieve social change or protest injustice

Most associated with MLK Jr, who explicitly advocated breaking the law

pc86yesterday at 10:50 PM

Civil means nonviolent. There were laws against blacks sitting at certain counters in some areas of the US in the past. Those laws were broken without violence. That's civil disobedience.

Please at least try to understand what you're talking about; you're embarrassing yourself.