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Many people call themselves "free thinkers" but are actually [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/contrarian contrarians] who define most of their positions in opposition to a perceived [[in-group|enemy]] rather than their own reasoning or evidence. | Many people call themselves "free thinkers" but are actually [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/contrarian contrarians] who define most of their positions in opposition to a perceived [[in-group|enemy]] rather than their own reasoning or evidence. | ||
[[Trolls]] are the classic contrarians, and their influence on [[social media]] and Internet culture has infected a significant amount of discourse to turn it from critical to contrarian. [[Atheists]] are contrarians when it comes to [[religion]]. And a lot of the [[crypto-bros|right wing internet]] is contrarian because it exists as a critique of liberalism rather than the promotion of any positive alternate ideology. | |||
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Many people call themselves "free thinkers" but are actually contrarians who define most of their positions in opposition to a perceived enemy rather than their own reasoning or evidence.
Trolls are the classic contrarians, and their influence on social media and Internet culture has infected a significant amount of discourse to turn it from critical to contrarian. Atheists are contrarians when it comes to religion. And a lot of the right wing internet is contrarian because it exists as a critique of liberalism rather than the promotion of any positive alternate ideology.