The entire internet is one giant snarl of snark, so we're pretty sure you're already all too familiar with it.

Dr. King's particular brand of snark is a lot like the sort of thing you've probably said, or maybe had said to you, depending on how awful and selfish you are. This is exactly the same technique Dr. K uses to call out America:

Maybe I could understand the denial of certain basic First Amendment privileges, because they haven't committed themselves to that over there. But somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly. Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of press. Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right. (19.7–11)

Dr. K didn't forget where he read those things, and neither did his audience. They all knew he meant the First Amendment, which Mayor Loeb's court injunction violated. But King's being snarky about it to draw attention to the hypocrisy: "Now where was it that I, an American citizen, read about having certain rights…? Oh, yeah—the First Amendment." MLK is waiting for America to fess up and say, "Yep, you've got us there, we blew it, we were wrong, sorry."