Read the passage.

Question

The most effective weapon in combating hate speech is not suppression, but tolerant, truthful, and intelligent counter speech.

What effect do the words tolerant, truthful, and intelligent have on the tone of this passage?

Responses

They give the passage a negative tone.
They give the passage a negative tone. EndFragment

They give the passage a playful tone.
They give the passage a playful tone. EndFragment

They give the passage an angry tone.
They give the passage an angry tone. EndFragment

They give the passage a positive tone.

Answer 1

They give the passage a positive tone.