Civil disobedience Is still trending in USA. Today I saw someone wear a t shirt that said I belong here she was black. Then on my way to the store there was yet another bumper sticker that said Locally Hated. Yeah that's obvious. There's also talks about language barriers and Need to write in a way other people can understand what I'm writing about. But shouldn't most people have a translation option?
Some weeks ago I was reading Thoreau's "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" aloud at bed-time to my son, who of course does not understand it but appreciates the sound of the words all the same, when I discovered that its famous title was in fact not the original! The original title was significantly more radical: "Resistance to Civil Government."
It's quite short, and I would encourage everyone here to read (or re-read) it. It is still tremendously relevant. Re-reading it with the original (un-sanitized) title in mind, it lands even harder.
These days, Thoreau would probably get his door kicked in.
Here's a free link to the Project Gutenberg copy: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/71/71-h/71-h.htm
Share your favorite quotes, after reading.
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