At the beginning of his speech, Harvey Milk tries to convince people to join his fight for gay rights. As a gay man, he describes the things that he will not tolerate anymore; he calls out, “an anti-gay smear campaign”, and explains that this is not the kind of future he wants for his community. He is tired of the silence that comes as one of the many burdens of being gay. Beginning his speech, Milk knows that there are not a lot of people on his side, therefore he wants to show that they are, “coming out to fight” and that they are, “tired of the silence”. Through these strong words of force he is showing his audience that he is passionate about fighting for gay rights, his rights; he is showing that he will not take the lies and the myths.