Catch Phrases/Sound Bites

One unfortunate aspect of the polarization of our society, I think, is that people argue using catch phrases, or sound bites... some people sound like tape recorders, ejecting random statistics or arguments that have nothing to do with the topic into any argument with a dreaded 'liberal', 'conservative', or 'fundamentalist'...

It's a lot easier to come up with catchy little sound bites, and label the other person, then to actually listen to what they say, and try to deal with it... We all do it, of course, I just thought I'd complain about it, I guess...