Thank You For Arguing Chapter 12

                                  Facts are something that can make or break you in an argument. If you have facts that can support your argument, then it is very wise to use them. However, if there are facts that can disprove your argument, it is wise to avoid them. Instead, there are a few tricks that you can use to distract from the fact that your facts do not hold up. For one, you can redefine your term. For example; if you are trying to prove a theory, and your audience points out that the definition of a theory is a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained, you could redefine the term and say that a theory is actually a proposed explanation whose status is still conjectural and subject to experimentation, in contrast to well-established propositions that are regarded as reporting matters of actual fact.This would prove your argument correct and would disprove your audience counter argument, even though they had a fact that would have disprove your argument. If that doesn't work however, you can argue that your opponent's argument is irrelevant or less important than yours. There are times that your audience actually unknowingly helps your argument out, and in these moments you can use this in your favor. If your opponents uses terms that actually favor you, use them to attack. Then, use terms that contrast with your opponent's terms to make them look bad.