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   The article that I read was on emotional contagion via the Encyclopedia of Human Relationships. It gives background on the idea through different aspects of profession- Neuroscience, biology, psychology, sociology... The list continues on. It defines emotional contagion as "the tendancy to automatically mimic and synchronize facial expressions, vocalizations, postures, and movements with those of another person's and, consequently, to converge emotionally." 

Mechanisms of Emotional Contagion speaks of three steps. Mimicry, Feedback and Contagion. Basically, people automatically mimic behaviors and attitudes and actions of others. This means without even thinking about it. 

I'll go over a few examples...

MIMICRY- You date someone for a year. You gain a sarcastic humor much like your significant other. You mimic their laugh. 

FEEDBACK- you go to college and you have to share a room with a deeply troubled person. You might start feeling uneasy and anxious maybe even depressed as a response to your roommate's reaction. 

This is how we CATCH other people's emotions. 

MisterBliss

Mr. Bliss' outburst of rage serves as a great example of a disobedient student. In one aspect, Mr. Bliss refuses to complete some sort of in class assignment given by his instructor- also known as the higher authority. He then continues to bad mouth the teacher- disrespectful, right?

Further listening to his "bad-mouth" we learn that Mr. Bliss is complaining about the manner in which the class is being taught. He raises the issue of a poor education due to his teacher's lack of care- A universal issue which a majority of the class population could be experiencing with him. He's making a bold statement to voice an issue for change. This makes his disobedience acceptable now, right? Given the right circumstances?

We are taught that disobedience is bad from the get go.
At home. At school. At the workplace. Towards cops, the list goes on.
Now all of a sudden we are given an "okay" given the right circumstance?
c'mon

Besides that point, if disobedience is alright sometimes, who gets to decide when?

When you decide to disobey someone to obey yourself, go for it.

To be disobedient is inevitable. With every choice you make, there is always someone who you are disobeying. If you want change anywhere, always disobey

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