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When I explained how the vaccine works to an antivaxxer, they asked about the thousands of people that died right after taking the vaccine. (lemmy.ml)

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Can you please give me a good response?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

Is being contrarian a good or a bad thing? Sounds like you think it's a bad thing.

I used to think it's neither. Some people naturally go with the crowd, some go against it. Going against it doesn't make you a free thinker, it's just a different tendency.

But now I think that being a contrarian starts off that way, as just a neutral natural tendency. But it forces you to frequently think deeply about things, because you keep getting in arguments. If you agree with most people you never have to think deeply about anything.

So now I think contrarians are crucial to society, and we should all try to be contradict our natures by engaging seriously (not condescendingly) with them. It foces us to also think deeply about things.