A demonstrator wears an American flag mask during a protest at the US Capitol in Washington on January 6. The obsessive conviction of Donald Trump and his followers about US election fraud took contrarianism to excessive extremes. Photo: Bloomberg
A demonstrator wears an American flag mask during a protest at the US Capitol in Washington on January 6. The obsessive conviction of Donald Trump and his followers about US election fraud took contrarianism to excessive extremes. Photo: Bloomberg
David Dodwell
Opinion

Opinion

Outside In by David Dodwell

Don’t dismiss contrarians’ arguments over Trump, Covid-19 or China – even when they’re wrong

  • Contrarians who question the US election results, suspect Covid-19 is a conspiracy or don’t think China has hegemonic aims are dismissed as dangerous or wrong
  • But what is there not to praise in people who hold different views about a subject, trying to discover the truth through reason and argument?

David Dodwell
David Dodwell

Updated: 5:45am, 6 Feb, 2021

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A demonstrator wears an American flag mask during a protest at the US Capitol in Washington on January 6. The obsessive conviction of Donald Trump and his followers about US election fraud took contrarianism to excessive extremes. Photo: Bloomberg
A demonstrator wears an American flag mask during a protest at the US Capitol in Washington on January 6. The obsessive conviction of Donald Trump and his followers about US election fraud took contrarianism to excessive extremes. Photo: Bloomberg
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