Deborah Tannen

In Deborah Tannen’s “Fighting for Our Lives”, she states that it seems we are creating a “warlike atmosphere” in everyday life and I believe it is true. She is able to convince readers of the brutality of an argumentative society by showing unnecessary attacks and criticism against certain people. Dr. Robert Gallo, who “codiscovered the AIDS virus” is used as her example. Gallo was accused of “stealing” the AIDS virus from another scientist and was put through four years of hell. He was investigated and attacked by the media, while...