Response To Martin Luther King's Letter From Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King’s response to the charges made in the letter from the clergymen can be said as a livid tranquil retort; well from my perspective it is. In his letter, written in when he was in Birmingham jail, he counters these charges by putting his statement of them. he was put in the jail because he was a partaker in a nonviolent protest for the opposing of segregation. This letter contradicts the charges that the clergymen mentioned in their letters claiming, for example, that the demonstrations that they go through are “unwise and untimely”. King refutes the statement of them being untimely by mentioning the that the new administration should be bothered about this case as much as the current administration was being bothered. This
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King states the ways the protests were handled emphasizing the unfairness of the monitoring. For example, he mentions the angry violent dogs that aggressively bite and attack six unarmed, nonviolent negroes. Secondly, the claim that the supposedly “break” such laws is emphasized by King claiming the reasons for this action. He declares that there are two types of laws. The ones that should be followed and the ones that are to morally wrong that they should not be followed; the just laws and the unjust laws. the segregation laws, for example, are unjust laws. The clergymen suggest that they are up for an “open negotiation” but King states that the nonviolent protesters were refused for the negotiations; which caused them to take matters into their own hands to handle the issue. Therefore, his plan was to create a situation that will lead to s so the co called negotiating can take place. The letter that King writes while he is in the Birmingham jail expresses the anger and frustration that he felt when all such nonsense and ignorance happened, pertaining to the charges of the clergymen, happened while he was in there. King wants the clergymen to notice the injustice charges that they claim in their degrading letter. King did say that “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”. This shows how much of a peaceful
King states the ways the protests were handled emphasizing the unfairness of the monitoring. For example, he mentions the angry violent dogs that aggressively bite and attack six unarmed, nonviolent negroes. Secondly, the claim that the supposedly “break” such laws is emphasized by King claiming the reasons for this action. He declares that there are two types of laws. The ones that should be followed and the ones that are to morally wrong that they should not be followed; the just laws and the unjust laws. the segregation laws, for example, are unjust laws. The clergymen suggest that they are up for an “open negotiation” but King states that the nonviolent protesters were refused for the negotiations; which caused them to take matters into their own hands to handle the issue. Therefore, his plan was to create a situation that will lead to s so the co called negotiating can take place. The letter that King writes while he is in the Birmingham jail expresses the anger and frustration that he felt when all such nonsense and ignorance happened, pertaining to the charges of the clergymen, happened while he was in there. King wants the clergymen to notice the injustice charges that they claim in their degrading letter. King did say that “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”. This shows how much of a peaceful