Here are a few meaningless phrases
that I have compiled to throw into discussions
These just completely muddy the water
and/or make you sound smarter

Number 1. "That's just semantics"
Number 2, and I love this one. "That is a symptom of the overall problem, not a root cause"
Number 3. "Yeah, and you see how Sartre or Kierkegaard or Lenin wound up"
Number 4. "You're just splitting hairs here"
Number 5. "Of course it was rhetorical"
Completely meaningless

The following are all true
but are guaranteed to alienate people and start arguments
For example
"Right, but if the Ukrainians were black, nobody would care"
and
"What you and I think of as capitalism is predatory capitalism. And the to the business world, capitalism means nanny-state socialism"
nd also
"Think of how stupid the average person is and then realize that exactly half of the planet is even more stupid"
and
"You're not basing your opinions on fact, you're looking for facts to justify your baseless opinions"
don't forget
"Your grandkids are going to need a snorkel to visit Miami when they're your age. Is your Instagram account really that important in the grand scheme of things?

"When an individual blames others for things that he or she does themselves, that's human nature. When a society does that, it's called foreign relations

And most importantly

"Most people don't care about most things and most other people"

Save these for Thanksgiving! You'll thank me! You'll thank me