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JKBelieve Posted 17 years ago
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I don't understand this sentence....
Right here is the context
"There are many civil rights leaders who show impatience with the process of democracy. They rely on the sit-ins, boycott or mass picketing to gain speedier solutions to the problems that face every citizen. But we must realize that the legitimate pressures that won concessions in the past can easily escalate into the illegitimate power plays that might extort demands in the future. The victories of these civil rights leaders must not shake our confidence in the democratic procedures, as the pressures of demonstration are desirable only if they take place within the limits allowed by law. Civil rights gains should continue to be won by the persuasion of Congress and other legislative bodies and by the decision of courts. Any illegal entreaty for the rights of some can be an injury to the rights of others, for mass demonstrations often trigger violence."
The highlighted sentence is what I find hard to understand. Please help me ^^;;
"There are many civil rights leaders who show impatience with the process of democracy. They rely on the sit-ins, boycott or mass picketing to gain speedier solutions to the problems that face every citizen. But we must realize that the legitimate pressures that won concessions in the past can easily escalate into the illegitimate power plays that might extort demands in the future. The victories of these civil rights leaders must not shake our confidence in the democratic procedures, as the pressures of demonstration are desirable only if they take place within the limits allowed by law. Civil rights gains should continue to be won by the persuasion of Congress and other legislative bodies and by the decision of courts. Any illegal entreaty for the rights of some can be an injury to the rights of others, for mass demonstrations often trigger violence."
The highlighted sentence is what I find hard to understand. Please help me ^^;;
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It can be confusing, because some of the "past" events he's calling "legitimate pressures" were illegal. He really means, if measures similar to the ones from the past are used today, we must be careful to keep them legal. "legitimate pressures that won concessions in the past" means certain types of legal demonstrations and protests were used in the past, and they got results.
- It can be confusing, because some of the "past" events he's calling "legitimate pressures" were illegal.
- He really means, if measures similar to the ones from the past are used today, we must be careful to keep them legal.
- "legitimate pressures that won concessions in the past" means certain types of legal demonstrations and protests were used in the past, and they got results.
- When you win a concession, it means you persuade someone to give you what you want.
- "can easily escalate" means a simple "legal" demonstration can quickly get out of hand and serious laws may be broken.
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It can be confusing, because some of the "past" events he's calling "legitimate pressures" were illegal.
He really means, if measures similar to the ones from the past are used today, we must be careful to keep them legal.
"legitimate pressures that won concessions in the past" means certain types of legal demonstrations and protests were used in the past,
He really means, if measures similar to the ones from the past are used today, we must be careful to keep them legal.
"legitimate pressures that won concessions in the past" means certain types of legal demonstrations and protests were used in the past,
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JKBelieveBut we must realize that the legitimate pressures that won concessions in the past can easily escalate into the illegitimate power plays that might extort demands in the future.But we should be aware that acceptable methods which were used with success in earlier times to influence society to adopt desired reforms can be t
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JKBelieveBut we must realize that the legitimate pressures that won concessions in the past can easily escalate into the illegitimate power plays that might extort demands in the future. - - - - - - Civil rights gains should continue to be won by the persuasion of Congress and other legislative bodies and by
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