Why do People Argue?

blog post #2

Why do people argue? Could it be to get their point across? Or to express how they feel about a certain topic? Or to even raise an awareness on a situation? These are all perfect reasons to fire up an argument. An argument is simply an exchange between two or people with alike or opposite views. Some of us argue in our everyday lives and we don't even realize it! These are called informal arguments; When we go back and forth, talking each other’s heads off on what we believe is right or wrong. But in fact, did you know an argument doesn't necessarily have a right or wrong answer? An argument is not a spin, or a quarrel, and nor is it a propaganda. An argument is not always a fight, false information, or a made-up story form the press. This can only bring us to formal arguments! When someone is stating facts, and giving logical reasoning to make the audience agree with them, they are making a formal argument. Although the audience may not agree with you 100% of the time, presenting yourself and your argument in a formal matter is the best way to at least get your audience to consider your argument. Some positive ways to argue is to listen, engage in the topic, give facts and evidence, and understand others point of view. On the other hand, there are also some negative ways as well such as shouting, not cooperating, bashing the other person's opinion, or even ignoring what the person has to say. Sometimes people even argue about things that don't make sense like different desires and tastes. These are simply opinions such as, strawberry ice cream is better than chocolate or curly hair is better than straight. An argument must me debatable not a contradiction!