Example Of Inhumane Persuasive Speech

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Yes, I will listen to your stories. All of them.  Yes, I will carve out time for you when you need a friend. If I find holes in your story or something seems a tad off, I will keep my words to myself. I will keep my doubts to myself, because as a friend my job is to be there. What I will not do, is publicly support a woman who says they have been raped, but has no evidence, and demand a man go to jail. I won't do that. 
    I know a few women who have been raped. It was brutal. Life altering. My friend D was kidnapped and raped at gunpoint by two men. They got her to the ominous second location, and most experts agree if your captures get you that far you are as good as dead. By the Grace of God she is still with us today.  My mother, while walking with a friend at a sixties Woodstock -type concert, was accosted by three men who jumped out of the woods and grabbed them. My mother managed to get away and find the police. Her friend did not. I have a few more stories like this, but you get the picture. 
     Which is why I take rape, and sexual assault very seriously. This is something that leaves its mark on your being forever. It has a profound effect of your quality of life, your career and …show more content…

Do so with the understanding that people will question your story, because a man's life is basically on the line. Even if you have a lot of twitter followers. Even if you create a really good hashtag and a celebrity sends you a message of support. Social media is not a court of law, no matter how much we wanted it to be. We have to have due process. If you would like to show up naked at the courthouse with misogyny on your chest and label the judge's explanation as "manslaughter", by my guest. It's not going to change our court system. Only a fool would choose a Twitter Court over the real

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