Unproductive Arguments Quotes

You can't have a nuanced debate on Twitter, it's just people shouting.

It's hard if people don't want to fight me.

There's no point in dwelling on the controversies created by others.

People going off on politics on Grindr is one of the stupidest things I've ever seen. That's an immediate sign to run in the other direction.

I don't wish to be a part of 'Bigg Boss.' People only fight on that show; whenever you put on that show, you hear people fighting.

You have to separate the negative into two categories - half of it is sensible, constructive things that has made us better. But half of the negative online is negative for the sake of being negative, and it's important for us to remember it's okay they don't like us, and sometimes there's no point in engaging in that.

Comment threads are the new therapy for people. They just go and post the worst things they can think of because they feel bad, and then other people start attacking them, and then they attack back.

There's a rule of thumb in politics. If you're at a point where you're complaining about the other guy being mean and unfair and uncivil, that's probably a sign that you're losing.

Some people just need something to be mad about.

Our friend, Mr Hume, made a most violent speech at a dinner … last week. He called Sir R. Peel and some other Tories "the cloven foot," which I think rather strong. I think that great violence and striving such a pity, on both sides … They irritate one another so uselessly by calling one another fools, blockheads, liars, and so forth for no purpose. I think violence so bad in everything.

There are certain battles that you pick. When they're not worth picking, they're laughable stories.

I agree that mommy wars are not good for any mothers: that such wars are time and effort wasted.

This is a place where trivial issues get debated passionately and important ones not at all.