However, she contradicts herself, almost as if she were denying what she had said in her previous sections. In this final section she mentions that there are both good and bad sides in the argument culture and she attempts to propose rational ways to better it. I was amazed that this was coming from the same bitter person who wrote the sections beforehand. Prior to this section, it appeared to me that her objective was to attack the argument culture. I agree with Tannen in that many times people argue just for the sake of arguing.
People come to a point where they stop listening and just start throwing words out onto the table.
These are the arguments in which little is resolved. Although I believe argument is healthy in many cases, sometimes it is inappropriate. There are many things that you can t change about a person, and people should realize this before they waste their time and energy. As Tannen points out towards the end of her chapter, there are more than two sides to many stories. I do believe that everyone has, is, and always will live in an argument culture.