<p>I think like 90% of the time my motive behind arguing is for the sake of contradiction. I think this might be useful for a journalist to induce an interesting discussion, but problematic elsewhere. Do you do this?</p>
<p>That has to be by far the dumbest idea I’ve ever heard.</p>
<p>/arguing for the sake of arguing</p>
<p>Well it might be good if you want to be a journalist like you stated, but it will make you look like a pompous ass everywhere else. I would never do this, and only argue points I feel strongly about.</p>
<p>it’s boring to be nice all the time</p>
<p>Just be the pompous ass.</p>
<p>Consider joining the debate team.</p>
<p>I have to to admit, I was exactly like that.</p>
<p>Then I joined my school’s policy debate team, and met other people exactly like that. After spending a great deal of time with them, I realized how annoying it is. Especially when you do it all the time.</p>
<p>a waste of time and energy IMO. so does arguing over things on the internet.</p>
<p>become a lawyer</p>
<p>Well, it’s good if you can argue any topic from any side with conviction and correctness. It’s bad if you go around starting arguments jsut for fun. </p>
<p>I earned a reputation in high school for being wiling to argue the sides that no one else wanted to in english, history, economics and debate team. 
There were a few weeks towards the end of the year when no one wanted to talk to me, in like my entire class. That was because I argued the unpopular points of views that no one else would, and I argued them better than my opponents, which was everyone else. But, I also had a reputation for being one of the funniest guys who was always nice and polite and could cheer anyone up and was always encouraging. So people wanted to avoid me because I had proved them wrong in front of the class, not becuase I was a pompous jerk. </p>
<p>And, being able to argue both sides of an issue will help you SO much in life. When you are trying to figure out big things, like which house to buy, being able to put emotions and convictions aside and weigh the points on their merit alone will help you so much, it’s not even funny. You can be wrong about something you are emotional about, so it’s best to try to avoid arguing something only because you believe in it, argue it becuase it’s a good point. </p>
<p>And be a very nice, kind debater, soft words break bones! You want to be good at debating, more than “arguing.” Same in some ways, but arguers are the debaters that no one can get along with :)</p>
<p>Yeah, I think I am just like you. I love debating on sides that everyone else disagrees with. What’s the fun if everyone agrees on the same thing? Why remain complacent with ideas just because everyone agrees? It’s good to challenge, even if the position you take is opposite to what you would normally believe. It gets you thinking differently. Whether its a popular thing to do is against the very idea of doing it… 
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<p>But I agree with JahJahwarrior, do it in a not-so-pompous-jackass manner. Don’t do it just to antagonize people. Do it to bring awareness to other sides of issues.</p>
<p>I do that all the time. Because I’m bored. I don’t like it though, I pretty much hate it.</p>