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Great article. However, why do you call them "meta-contrarian", instead of "anti-contrarian"? I would not call something "meta-" unless it adds additional dimensions to the given context. For example, "meta-theory" is not about disputing particular theories but something totally different.
I interpret meta- to mean "one level above"; thus for example Douglas Hofstadter's "meta-agnostic", someone who is agnostic about agnosticism, and your own mention of "meta-theory", a theory about a theory.
I use "meta-contrary" because it's a position deliberately taken to be contrary to a position deliberately taken to be contrary.