Editor’s note: This will be running in the upcoming 3/23 issue of the Express. We are releasing it early due to the “March in March” protests planned for March 22.
If you want government to do what you want, then the key is to ask. Politics is all about getting what you want and knowing how to ask to get what you want, but the key thing all of us should be considering is how to ask. There are different ways of asking like voting, writing letters and protesting.
When protesting, protesters need to have proper protest etiquette because without it, there’s no chance for the cause to grow. The worst thing anybody can do when trying to protest the government is to act immature and become a beacon of stupidity.
Approximately a thousand students, parents and educators swarmed around outside the Capitol building in Sacramento on March 4 to rally against budget cuts that have caused class sizes to swell and tuition costs to increase almost exponentially. While frustration was visible with these protesters, they offered solutions and aren’t the individuals that acted childishly against the legislature. But not all protesters that day were constructive.
About 10 miles east of the Capitol, a group of about 350 dissatisfied and disgruntled students attempted to block Interstate 80 to stop the transportation flow from Davis to Sacramento. Scores of police officers kept them from walking onto the freeway by swinging batons and shooting pepper balls. According to The Sacramento Bee, demonstrators in Oakland climbed onto the freeway during the evening rush hour and shut down the interchange of I-880 and I-980 for about an hour. Police arrested about 150 people.
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Sadly, this makes people think: “What the hell were they thinking!” This didn’t seem like a protest, but more like an imbecile plan for a suicide mission or revolt promoting anarchy.
Frankly, the behavior of a few hundred immature students almost overshadowed the reasonable protests of thousands more at the Capitol almost irrelevant and undermined the entire purpose of encouraging government change through peaceful protest. This doesn’t get us anywhere. No legislator would want to negotiate with public education representatives because of the rowdy behavior that occurred.
Sure, the argument can be made that extreme measures insure that your cause gets seen and heard. Extreme measures, like when Alice Paul and her branch of the Suffragist Movement did hunger strikes, revolts, and disrespecting the government to get what they desired.
There were others that used nonviolent and gentler methods that hit home and were credited for achieving greater equality, like how Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony promoted the right for women’s suffrage. They both fought for women’s suffrage through lobbying with Congress and ratified the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
Through dialogue, agreements can be made and understanding can be reached. We encourage protest as a means of political persuasion, but please, do keep it in check.
