What Does Loaded Words Mean In Letter From Birmingham Jail

Martin Luther King uses loaded words to create pathos when he wrote " Letter from Birmingham Jail." One way he uses loaded words is when he says " vicious mobs lynch your mother's and father's." This creates pathos because lynching implies hanging colored folks. Back then lynching was very common and not a good thing. So when you hear the word lynch it invokes a depressing feeling in you as long as you know what the word means. And when he uses the word lynch he uses other word to make it seem more upsetting. He says , " when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers." It is very sad the fact that they hang your fellow mother's and father's. Another loaded word he uses is brutalize. Brutalize invokes anger. It means to abuse