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"Benevolent defiance" can be used as a good thing

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In my most honest opinion I think its pretty dumb to when people go and separate people into groups based on that the people that they are. Teenagers are more than capable to reach a solution to many problems. I feel as if many adults underestimate our capability of solving things or even handling them

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Teenagers will defy anything that believe is right in their eyes or if they want something. Adolescents can learn about profit motives if they want, most teens can change just depending on if they really want to. If given a certain reason to, any adolescents could start resenting types of games. I think it is true, and some teens stand up for what they believe in that makes them a stronger individual.

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i believe that benevolant defiance can be used for good and it can help resolve problems in your society

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I agree , because in life adolescents run into obstacles and challenges in life that they have to learn from the mistakes they made that makes them human. Resisting authority is not always in a way "bad" , because you have to put forth a level of respect. Learning from your mistakes makes you a better and more mature person, it follows a pursuit of happiness.

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I disagree, because teenagers do much more than resisting authority, we have our own lives to deal with. We participate and help in our community, and the ones who don't engage in the community have other things in their lives to do.

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I do think that benevolent defiance could be used for good if all teens came together to  resolve an issue in society. Teens can resent game designers  due to the tricks they use and cause them to realize how things really are. This defiance could be harnessed for good so that it could make an impact in a positive way.

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I do not agree with this statement because there are more than two adolescent imperatives. And these two have nothing to do with each other, so all adolescents have taken part in either in some way. It just depends on the situation an how they react to it.

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I disagree with the quote. I believe that people define teenagers by their reaction to the adults that raise them and the adults that are in their surrounding community. So, if an adult treats a child horribly and the kid reacts, then they are automatically a defiant kid. So adolescents should be defined by how they act outside of these two imperatives.

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I completely disagree with that statement, because you can contribute to society while also resisting the very things we are trying to help the government). While you may try to help the community to become better, people could resist the things that aren't going so well or are wrong with this country and resist to make the country better. For example many movements trying to stop the brutality from people in power.

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I disagree because the are more than 2

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Teenagers could accomplish a lot if everyone had "benevolent defiance". They could solve many problems that exist in this society. Things like the video game tricks can cause teenagers to start recognizing the true colors of how things seem and how they actually are in our society. With what these researchers found this benevolence could be harnessed it could be used for good because teens can be some of the most driven people because like in the article they don't pay attention to the negativity people have.

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No, I do not agree because I feel as in the situation adults may assume the worst and not even hear our story because we are minors. It is also possible for teenagers to participate in the community.

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Disagree there's more than that there's a lot of things to do as you're getting older.  On the journey getting older,  you're helpless then you start to think for yourself. At this moment you should decide what you want to do and be happy.

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Before Reading : I disagree. There are reasons behind everything we do and there are much more reactions to actions than just resisting authority and contributing to the community. Our actions can´t be put in to simply two categories since there could be a million different motives that could change the opinion or perspective of the people on the outside. Instantly categorizing an action is ¨judging a book by its cover¨ to the extreme.

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The term "benevolent defiance" is stupid to me. It is not right to define a group of people by their actions because everyone is different and has a different mindset. I do not believe that it can be used for good. Each person is their own and not everyone is gonna be brainwashed into thinking what society believes is good. If someone wants to contribute to the community they can but I do not think it is appropriate to try to harness people into doing what you think is "good".

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I do not agree with this statement. No one is defined by simply their actions. Also many teens do both. Their are times where you may have to resist authority for reasons and may still community service.

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I disagree, because every teenager is unique in their own way, and they act the way they are raised or in the type of environment that they live in I believe that they can end up doing one thing or the other.

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I dont think its right or accurate to define adolescents into two  groups of either being rebellious and resistant to authority or community figures. Everyone is different no matter what and that applies to adolescents too. Peoples personalities are completely unique and if someone was defined by one of these groups they would change into these stereotypes and loose parts of their personality to society. Adolescents personal opinions of themselves change depending on how society views them.

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I thing teenagers might be driven to what their friends do, and what they feel like they want to do. Teenagers wants to be free from being bossed around by adults. Adolescents can learn the motives of these two things. My point is that teenagers wants to do  things on their own and sort things out. But, everybody makes mistakes and we learn from them as human beings. We can resent video-game designers manufacturers tricks to make the products more addictive. Yes; teenagers can use "benevolent defiance" for good if we can be positive. It depends if you make the right choice to use it for good.

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i don't agree with that because that is a genralised statement twoards teens. I think that though its a mass majority of teens i also belive its a case by case thing.

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I disagree because not all teenagers resist authority whereas there are some that do choose to resist authority. Another reason I disagree is because not all teenagers want to contribute to the community. So it's not true that  the two imperatives for teens is to resist authority & to contribute to the community because not all teens believe in the same thing.

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I feel as if there are a lot of people that have this "Benevolent defiance" within them, but it would more likely be more for bigger picture issues than ones that relate to their own life, But when it is these big corporations I feel like in most cases there is a genuine problem. In that case, it's not just defying because..... teens just do that sorta thing, it's defying because they are facing an issue that can actually be a morally wrong thing accepted by society. Even then, some people are just compliant and have no urge to defy anything. So once again, it's a case by case basis and you can't really group all teens together and say that they all take part in these sorts of activities.

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I disagree adolescents are not defined by being either good nor bad, everyone is different and just because you are good most of the time doesn`t mean you are always good. No one is perfect and we are all individual people. Some young people make wrong decisions or weren`t raised a certain way to where they may not know better, so you can`t just put all adolescents into two groups.

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I disagree with the quote because adults always have control over teenagers. Everybody's different some people agree to contribute with authority and some disagree.

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No, I don't agree because adolescents can do neither of those two "imperatives", adolescents aren't defined by those two identities.

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I don't agree; not all teenagers try to resist authority. Sometimes adults try too hard to be in control and makes you want to resist. not everyone wants to contribute to their communities and some do.

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I don't agree with the statement because adolescents do many things to help their communities like volunteer in events.

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Teenagers might also be driven to act out on what they believe in or want.
Of course adolescents could learn the difference between the two and of course they could start to resent what the video-game makers do to their games.
I do believe that benevolent defiance can be harnessed for good and it can be done by taking it and putting it to use in something good

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i do not agree beacuse i think teenagers do more than just resist authority also everyone is different so they may or may not contribute to the community

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The "benevolent defiance" could definitely be harnessed for a greater purpose.  How it should be harnessed will ultimately be up to the adults.

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No, it is not inherent in an adolescent's mind to resist authority, as many teenagers have no problem accepting and respecting authority. There is also some variance in the "contributing to the community" portion to the quote. Some teens do engage in activities to help the community, I think it's a person by person basis and not something that is fact for all.

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I do not agree, adults expect too much and like to feel in control. Although, I think some people like to contribute to community and some don't.

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I don't agree. I think we do more, as teenagers.

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This piece ends with a question:

What else might teenagers be driven to do in the name of benevolent defiance? Could adolescents who learn about the profit motives of the beauty industry begin to see Photoshopped images as propaganda? Could they start to resent how video-game designers borrow slot-machine manufacturers’ tricks to make their products more addictive?

How would you answer that? In your experience, is what these researchers found true? If so, do you think that “benevolent defiance” could be harnessed for good in some way? How should that be done?

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Someone quoted in the article you are about to read says “There are two adolescent imperatives: to resist authority and to contribute to community.”

Do you agree? Why or why not?