The passage "Don't Fight Flame with Flames Social Media  Arguments: Can't-Win Propositions" made a really good point about fighting online. The speaker explained how arguments are best left to be dealt with in person, not online. The author introduces his article by establishing ethos, "A low point in my life, I did something I'm utterly ashamed of. When I tell you, please understand, I was upset at the time. Emotions were running high." By admitting that the speaker himself also dealt with the same problem, it shows the audience that the speaker is experienced with this problem and it validates his knowledge on this situation. The speaker claims that one can never win an argument because a side taken in an argument can be supported by millions out there online. The author shared his experience of how he was attacked by a mass amount of people for stating his/her views and this was effective in that it shed some light on the real consequences that can arise from digital arguments. Although I was never attacked on controversial topic online, I was on one of the people who supported someone's response to a controversial topic. Evidently, the comments and things people had to say got really heated and that just shows that it's just as intense, if not even more, than arguments in real life. The topic of controversy was more gossip than argument but people simply became very critical and it definitely did seem like a whole bunch of people online ganging up on a minority. Similarly with the heated election that has occurred, words were slurred out by individuals and eventually you find a person being heavily criticized by those who opposed their views. It's a human's desire to want to be right and it's common for people to establish it online rather than in person. The article talks about more examples involving celebrities or public figures and it always results in someone by attacked by people online much like journalists for a newspaper. To simply put it, it is advised by the speaker of this article to avoid digital arguments.