Taking sides in Public Speaking, does it matter?

Taking sides may be a challenge in public speaking.
Chances are you will find wide differences in quality of judgment of issues from public view. As much as you may want to have enough support from the audience, it may be hard.
Some people would take ultimate shortcut and forgone all inquiry on the assumption that their intuition or perception is infallible.
Others would be ruled by emotions and untempered reason and their judgments will be little more than a conditioned reflex.
But a good speech is more that a majority opinion. While the public opinions may play a big role in speech success, the integrity and honesty of the beliefs therein is what matters most.
Lets figure. If the majority of the citizens decide that a particular action is right, would that very decision make the action right? What is right is right regardless of the minority.
If you have an honesty belief, then speak it very clearly and articulately, be knowledgeable of that belief,have confident and base it on facts.
You must also prepare relentlessly to avoid slippery slope reasoning and weak or false convictions and must simply connect with people.
Public speaking is a very powerful tool for sharing ones beliefs if well used. It is a tool that would help our society to respond well to the daily changing challenges.
Taking sides is not a matter; integrity of your speech is the matter.