Labels:sky OCR: King first describes the purpose of nonviolent direct action. This IS certainly an effe ctive explanation but notice what King adds immediately after: "My citing the creation of tension as part of the work of the nonviolent-resister may sound rather shocking. But must confess that I am not afraid of the word 'tension King calls attention to what may seem like weakness in his argument: Isn't it problematic that man committed to peaceful methods of change should purposefully create tension? click to close thatI