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This deliberate choice of allowed King to argue that addressing the oppressor, America, was essential in advocating for the oppressed.

King's characterization of the war as "broken and eviscerated" set a tone of disappointment, condemning the war as morally bankrupt. When he insisted that the war's immorality should be "incandescently clear," he implied that those who remained silent were complicit in the erosion of America's integrity and values.

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Image: May 26, 1967, cover of TIME.