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No!
I have always told my child don't give in the mob mentality.
It leads to possible injury, jail record and death.
My child knows that if she chose to participate instead of working or going to school, you are own your own..... don't expect me to bail you out.
I will allow you to learn your lesson the hard way!
Not only would I not bail them out, I would immediately disown them. And my decision has nothing to do with politics, or who won or who lost. My decision is based on how I expect children to behave, not misbehave.
I have no problem with people protesting, if it is a good cause (i.e. the civil rights protests of the early 1960s). What is going on is not protesting, and I yet to figure out the cause/reason.
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civil disobedience
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noun
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the refusal to obey certain laws or governmental demands for the purpose of influencing legislation or government policy, characterized by the employment of such nonviolent techniques as boycotting, picketing, and nonpayment of taxes.
Compare noncooperation (def 2), passive resistance.
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“Civil Disobedience” definition
(1849) An essay by Henry David Thoreau. It contains his famous statement “That government is best which governs least,” and asserts that people's obligations to their own conscience take precedence over their obligations to their government. Thoreau also argues that if, in following their conscience, people find it necessary to break the laws of the state, they should be prepared to pay penalties, including imprisonment.
Protesting is our right and our obligation if we see things that are wrong. If my child were arrested for protesting, I would first have to determine if they were doing something that was detrimental to another human or someone's property.
Depending on the situation, I would hope that they would know that in order to accomplish their goals, going to jail is part and parcel of gaining attention to the situation.
As for bailing them out, it really depends on exactly why they are in jail. There is no easy answer really. I know my kids, I cannot see them doing anything that would cause them to do anything that would get them jailed.
If it was me, I have no problem sitting in jail for protesting something that I feel strongly enough to protest against. That is my choice. I will live with my choice. I would hope they feel the same way.
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