After the Birmingham campaign accident, Martin Luther King was criticized in a published newspaper article called “The Public Statement by Eight Alabama Clergymen” , which stated that King’s actions were “unwise and untimely”, King four days later replied to this article in the margins of a newspaper. King argued each, and every point stated in “The public Statement” , first of stating that he is not an outsider, after all he was invited by the negro citizens which lived in Alabama. He also stated that by being a fighter of justice, he tried to negotiate friendly terms with the white community, but was rejected every time. Which is why his group reacted the way they did after various tries of negotiation. also by stating that their actions
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this is first shown at the very beginning of the “letter” as it reads “My dear fellow Clergymen.” King have been in solitary confinement for a couple of days, he could have started the a rant at the beginning, but instead he addresses them as “fellow clergymen” King is reminding the reader who he is, a honest, and religious person fighting for a cause.His purpose is very clear, his aim isn’t to attack them, but to explain his point in a very respectful way. Yet we have Another example of Ethos shown in a very mannerly way “We have waited for more than three hundred and forty years for our God-given and constitutional rights. The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jet like speed toward the goal of political independence, and we still creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward the gaining of a cup of coffee at a lunch counter” The clergymen told King in “The Public statement” to wait even longer, even tho its been over three hundred years, and other places in asia and africa, have their public rights. Everybody except them have rights but yet they tell him to wait, and do it in a “legal” way. King also states that “We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was "legal" and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was "illegal." It was "illegal" to aid and comfort a Jew in Hitler's Germany. Even so, I am sure that, had I lived in Germany at the time, I would have aided and comforted my …show more content…
“In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices are alive, negotiation, self-purification, and direct action.” This shows that King knows the steps of a social activist campaign, he isn't just confined in his civil rights, he isn’t your typical negro, he is much smarter than that. Another example of Logos can be found here “ Just as the prophets of the eighth century B.C. left their villages and carried their 'thus saith the Lord' far beyond the boundaries of their home towns … so am I compelled to carry the gospel of freedom far beyond my own home town.” Here King is trying to hold the forth together, but now he’s trying to get the attention of no other than his fellow christians, the most important audience at the time. With this approach he is able to approach his audience with logical and reasoning argument. Luther then takes a different approach, and quotes a very famous person, Thomas Jefferson "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.", This appeals to authority because he is reciting a very respected person, and if he said it in the past, and it's being re stated in the present, then it must be
this is first shown at the very beginning of the “letter” as it reads “My dear fellow Clergymen.” King have been in solitary confinement for a couple of days, he could have started the a rant at the beginning, but instead he addresses them as “fellow clergymen” King is reminding the reader who he is, a honest, and religious person fighting for a cause.His purpose is very clear, his aim isn’t to attack them, but to explain his point in a very respectful way. Yet we have Another example of Ethos shown in a very mannerly way “We have waited for more than three hundred and forty years for our God-given and constitutional rights. The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jet like speed toward the goal of political independence, and we still creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward the gaining of a cup of coffee at a lunch counter” The clergymen told King in “The Public statement” to wait even longer, even tho its been over three hundred years, and other places in asia and africa, have their public rights. Everybody except them have rights but yet they tell him to wait, and do it in a “legal” way. King also states that “We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was "legal" and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was "illegal." It was "illegal" to aid and comfort a Jew in Hitler's Germany. Even so, I am sure that, had I lived in Germany at the time, I would have aided and comforted my …show more content…
“In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices are alive, negotiation, self-purification, and direct action.” This shows that King knows the steps of a social activist campaign, he isn't just confined in his civil rights, he isn’t your typical negro, he is much smarter than that. Another example of Logos can be found here “ Just as the prophets of the eighth century B.C. left their villages and carried their 'thus saith the Lord' far beyond the boundaries of their home towns … so am I compelled to carry the gospel of freedom far beyond my own home town.” Here King is trying to hold the forth together, but now he’s trying to get the attention of no other than his fellow christians, the most important audience at the time. With this approach he is able to approach his audience with logical and reasoning argument. Luther then takes a different approach, and quotes a very famous person, Thomas Jefferson "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.", This appeals to authority because he is reciting a very respected person, and if he said it in the past, and it's being re stated in the present, then it must be