Letter From Birmingham Jail

Ranging from paragraphs 15-16 that starts with "you express a great deal of anxiety over our willingness". ends at " to disobey segration ordinances, for they are morally wrong." Are these paragraphs are examples of deductive or inductive reasoning?

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King's clearest use of inductive reasoning comes when he speaks of his own experience in oppression under segregation. King's argument notes that although white men tell black men to “wait” to seek justice, they wouldn't be able to do as they advise if their circumstances were reversed. If they spent one day as a black man, they wouldn't be able to endure the wait either.

King uses deductive reasoning to refutes the idea that he is a hypocrite. People accused King of supporting some laws while breaking others. Examples; Supreme Court integration of schools (supporter) and segregation laws (breaking of laws). His reasoning came from his belief in what was just and injust.