Paragraph 27: What is his tone toward the audience? Cite evidence from the text to support your answer.

Beginning in paragraph 27, King responds to being called an extremist by noting that extremism merely means being devoted to a cause. He is disappointed in this comparison, "You speak of our activity in Birmingham as extreme. At first I was rather disappointed that fellow clergymen would see my nonviolent efforts as those of an extremist."

King later makes allusions to other extremists..... Abraham Lincoln and Jesus, and he speaks to those whose intent is to create something rather than destroy it. His use of the word serves to not only to admit that he is an extremist, but that he is proud to be one..... thus, invoking a tone of pride.