Do you want to win the argument, or make a difference

So much of our current social and political discourse is based on proving the other wrong i.e. winning the argument. We don't demonstrate enough empathy to understand where the "other" is coming from and the merits of their point. A black and white world is a construct of our own imagination and our desire to imprint our views on to others. It ignores the beauty that the synthesis or fusion of diverse ideas enables.

John had made a life out of proving people wrong. He took pride in being able to argue against any position and win. He was a talk show host. One night when he was grilling a guest who was making a point around having improved gun controls in place. John, barely let she finish her sentences, was adversarial and was not listening. At the end of the segment the guest said; "John, do you want to win the argument, or make a difference".

by Yusuf Wazirzada May 7, 2019

Answers to Unanswerable Questions Through Countless Arguments and Stupid Statements by Stupid People

A future Nobel-prize winning, best selling book. With over 10 authors, including Matsuda, Richard, Lucy, Seymour, Alli, and TRK, this crazy group of debators takes on the task of answering such unanswerable questions as: "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?""Why did that chicken cross the road in the first place?", and "What is the plural of butter?" This crazy group of intelligent beings go head to head in this back and forth book of debates. The debators combine fact, personal opinion, and senseless rambling to prove their cases. This book WILL be published by 2011. And it WILL become a best-seller by 2013. People will love this book, and this is a first hand-sneak preview of what the future holds. This will be talked about on Oprah. They will make a movie out of it. Answers to Unanswerable Questions Through Countless Arguments and Stupid Statements by Stupid People is the product of evolution/creation debates in Lab Biology, other stupid arguments in Geometry, and exreme boredom.

Oprah Winfrey: Ok, folks, now I would like to welcome the main authors of the best-selling book Answers to Unanswerable Questions Through Countless Arguments and Stupid Statements by Stupid People: Mike, Randy, and JJ!!!

Crowd: Wooooo!!!

by TRK, Author April 25, 2008

argument word

Words people use in arguments when they don't actually know what it means; or a word someone uses as an excuse or to accuse someone. Often said by people who saw a word used by another person and not even going as far to search what it means.

1. "you're a fucking nazi"

"do you even know what a Nazi is? Or are you just using an argument word"

by Existential Pain November 26, 2021

Jono Argument

An argument in which a person with an absurdly high IQ taunts another person, whose IQ is slightly (but significantly) lower, until the latter person cracks and storms out in a fit of anger (usually takes all of 30 seconds)

Fiona: Man, did you see Jono storm out of here before?
Hannah: Yeah, don't worry about that, we just had a Jono Argument

by hbenns November 28, 2014

Argument Bible

A large clump of text sent in one message in an online argument. It is usually a long, formulated message used to support their argument, however it is pointless, since this is the internet, and no one wants to read something that big, so everyone ignores them.

"Wow, that moron's been typing for 10 minutes now, seems he's typing an argument bible or something."

by Mr. KokoPudgeFudge July 26, 2022

counter argument

When you have an argument on the counter

Mikey and I had a counter argument last night

by Lil queif January 23, 2020

Argument

When two or more people have a disagreement

Example of an argument:
Person 1 "all im saying is that if enough crows worked together they could pickup a light baby and cary it into the sky"
Person 2 *leaves all the groceries they were going to buy and runs out of the store*
Person 1 *runs at inhuman speeds alongside person 2 as they get in there car and drive away
Person 2 "how can you run that fast"

*starts to sob*
Person 1 "I bet it would only be like 8 crows to cary a newborn child"
Person 2 "please god, help me, why are you doing this"
Person 2 *starts to wake up*
Person 2 *sits up in bed covered in sweat*
Person 1 *muffled* "I'm sure the crows *opens closet door* would b-
Person 2 *Screams*

by 0987652431 July 30, 2022