The opposing view that king addresses in his counterargument is about how America will never change and be truly free from slavery until the people before us let it go as well. He talks about how if Americans want ‘America to be’ then we must go down the path of protest and dissent. We cannot dismiss this war and we must stop it. All of America will fall poisoned due to the negative acts that are being taken against Vietnam. -The opposing view that king addresses is the irony that America is taking place in. As a civil right leader he believes in civil rights for all. But he also believes that violence is not that way to enforcer those beliefs. He points out that we are sending poor black males to fight for civil rights in another country when they don't even have right from where they came.