Defiance

Defiance is defined as the act of challenging the power of, or to boldly and openly resist. Defiance is usually considered a negative thing; that being defiant is like committing a crime. To many, defiance is bad, and that doesn’t seem fair to defiance. Defiance can have great results, and can create good. Let’s look closer at what defiance is and how it’s helped society.
There is an old saying, “When in Rome, do as the Romans.” This is the primary basis around the conformist idea; that it is better to do what everyone else is doing, and not cause problems. Many people are conformist. When individuality s suppressed, conformism is at it’s greatest. Conformism isn’t necessarily a positive thing. When people conform, they usually don’t do it in their interest, but in the interest of others. Conformism usually results in the lack of self. Self, as in one person’s individuality, and individuality is the next step from defiance.
Defiance, now, is an open idea. When one acts in contradiction to how the majority acts, then they are being defiant, but that doesn’t make it wrong. When someone asks you to give n example of defiance, you might ay something like “a person doing bad when everyone else does good.” Here’s another good example of defiance, “someone doing good when everyone else does bad.” Confused? Good. You should be. Why? Because we have been conformed to the idea that defiance is always bad, that defiance is bad, like someone robbing a store, truly a defiant act. However, defiance can be anything, as long as it contradicts the actions of others around you. In the example, I showed that if everyone in the world did bad, and you, one person, did only good, you would be defiant, because you act in contradiction to everyone else.
If it weren’t for defiance, we wouldn’t live the contemporary society we take advantage. The founding fathers defied England by separating from the crown. They chose to be an individual nation, and defied the crown. Mahatma Gandhi believed that good could come from civil disobedience, defiance. So did Martin Luther, Martin Luther King Jr., Henry David Thoreau, Thomas Jefferson, Rosa Parks, Che Guevara, etc.
So, in conclusion, defiance can’t be all bad because of all the good it’s caused. Also, all those famous people who believed in defiance, are considered great revolutionaries, and why would great revolutionaries do something bad?