In Deborah Tannen’s article “The Argument Culture,” she states that due to the ways that society has changed it seems as if we only know how to argue and criticize. Life as we know it tends to revolve around people being partisan in every subject that comes to the table. She explains that“war metaphors pervade our talk and shape our thinking,” (Tannen) trying to mean that everything seems like a battle where there is supposed to be just one winner. Tannen continues with saying that even though we as a society are taught to bring out all of our issues to light, we are not generally taught how to deal with them in a healthy matter. Even though Tannen feels as if arguing is useless she still thinks that it is inevitable and sometimes necessary
