soapbox

podium

Raised platform for speakers

• stageRaised performance platform
• lecternTilted stand for texts
• rostrumRaised speaker's platform

dais · stump · stand · pulpit · tribune · bema · Hyde Park · street corner · crate · public square

speech

Oral communication ability

• orationFormal public speech
• addressSpeak to formally
• monologueUninterrupted solo address

harangue · diatribe · tirade · declamation · exhortation · rhetoric · proclamation · discourse · lecture · sermon

activism

Direct effort for reform

• campaignOrganized effort toward goal
• causeWhat produces an effect
• protestPublic expression of disapproval

crusade · lobbying · petition · rally · grassroots · awareness · social justice · environmentalism · human rights · boycott

viewpoint

Way of seeing things

• stanceStanding posture or viewpoint
• beliefTrust held as true
• perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering

conviction · ideology · philosophy · principle · dogma · doctrine · creed · tenet · position · agenda

race

Competition of speed

• downhillToward the bottom
• gravityMutual mass attraction
• wheelsCircular rotation devices

cart · homemade · vehicle · speed · competition · steering · brakes · course · drivers · spectators

convince

Cause to believe

• influencePower to affect others
• swayRock back and forth
• argumentReasoned case or dispute

rhetoric · propaganda · advocate · urge · incite · motivate · appeal · exhort · preach · proselytize

• advocacypetition, advocating, protest sign, championing, picket sign
• forumsforums, community forums, online forums, discussion groups, public forums
• platformspodium, Windows, stage, Linux, platform
• public forumsagora, town square, public meeting, commons, plaza
• speaking platformspodium, lectern, stage, pulpit, rostrum
• campaign jargonstump speech, talking points, sound bites, soundbite, soundbites