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What is the difference between a "troll" and a "contrarian"?
My dad was known ( affectionately) as a contrarian. People loved him for it.
They said he ” kept them on their toes”. He was popular at social events and civic meetings because he kept the conversation going.
On Fluther, I have noticed that some people who I think might once have been affectionately called contrarians are now disdainfully condemned as trolls.
Unless I am not understanding the difference.
Is there a difference?
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