I need to sound intelligent when I argue?

[KatieP]

Every time some puerile person starts to argue with me, I sound really dumb. So I need some big words to out smart them! Ooh and give me some good come-backs.

 

[coldfuse]

You can control a conversation by asking questions - open ended questions in particular.

Examples:

Interesting - can you tell me more about that?

When you read over both the Republican and Democrat health care bills, which one did you like better? What made that one stand out?

 

[NicholasJ]

Start reading books.