Arguer

This imperative will often be combined with a defensive assumption that the arguer is only exercising linguistic fluency in a hostile attempt to remind the anti-intellectual of their inferior articulacy. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

I guess you're more of a stick your fingers in your ear and repeat yourself over and over "arguer". ❋ Unknown (2009)

Alan Wolfe has an interesting essay on liberal hawks (via Jon Chait) that I think winds up going a bit awry by running together humanitarian arguments about the desirability of military intervention in particular (whether or not the arguer wanted to invade Iraq), with national security arguments about the desirability of invading Iraq that were offered by liberals (whether or not the arguer was making any distinctively “liberal” appeals). ❋ Unknown (2009)

In contrast to my bumbling manner also: very prone to tears, Joe is a brilliant arguer. ❋ Katherine Rosman (2011)

Leavis was a big arguer, and a formidable literary critic, though, so he would be bound to put conflict, even of the most gentle and benign nature first. ❋ Unknown (2010)

On another level, the argument is transparently false, because it is always trivial to note that the arguer behaves exactly as if he or she fully accepts the assumptions and logical methods that underly modern science. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Because of this, its stupid to ignore an argument just because you think the arguer is acting like a jerk. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Second, it's a drailing tactic -- the person using that argument does think the subject is important but disagrees with your point of view, and is trying to strong-arm the conversation over to some other area to prevent people from discussing the subject in a way the arguer disagrees with but can't refute. ❋ Jimhines (2010)

Say your partner is the more skilled arguer and you leave each quarrel with a disquieting sense of having been wrong-footed; at least you can charge him or her with twisting your words and using cunning tricks to distort the facts. ❋ ROBERT ROWLAND SMITH (2010)

(An increasingly common response to earnest argument, as a visit to the blogosphere will confirm, is not to disagree at any length, but to jeer the arguer for getting worked up.) ❋ Unknown (2008)

This is a particularly old school mode of thinking where the arguer confuses identity and anonymity. ❋ Unknown (2008)