Counterclaim is an argument a writer includes to address a reader's opposing view of counterclaim. Once that you know what the claim of his letter is choose the counterclaim in this paragraph. The claim: To promote the urgent need for and biblical soundness of nonviolent protest.

We must come to see that, as the federal courts have consistently affirmed, it is wrong to urge an individual to cease his efforts to gain his basic constitutional rights because the quest may precipitate violence. Society must protect the robbed and punish the robber.