Competition: My Soapbox

Standing and delivering an impromptu public speech atop a soap box, or any requisitioned thing that will allow you to stand a head taller than the passers-by you're addressing, is an age-old tradition. Soap Box Speeches are remarkable for their completely improvised arguments about a topic that is near and dear to the speaker's heart. Maybe it's something that really grinds their gears, or maybe it's a desperate plea for everyone to change their immoral ways. What does your character want to stand-up for and get off their chest?

Write a short soap box speech from the perspective of your character about some topic, any topic, that is important enough for them to make a public address about.

Maximum word limit is 600. Fiction Rubric will be used for grading purposes.