On Going Double-Contrarian

There are certain things in life that become popular enough, that you want to push back against them.  For instance, I have a friend who grew up in the middle of Dallas Cowboys country, and became a Redskins fan to be different.  

Allow me to introduce you then to the concept of going double-contrarian.  On a not-yet-released Sports Limelight episode that Drew and I pre-recorded (nod to George Carlin here - "When else are you going to pre-record it, afterwards!?"), we discuss things we like, which aren't the most popular amongst our peers, mainly in sports and music.  I ask Drew if he's ever gone the double-contrarian route in liking something, and I give the example of Tim Tebow.  Tebow's meteoric rise led to a group of haters pushing back against what they deemed to be an inordinate amount of hype.  (Let's put aside the off-field agenda of these folks who were anti-Tebow for a different reason; I am referring strictly to football.)  However, in a double-contrarian play, I therefore became a big Tebow fan, to push back against the Tebow haters. 

Another example, from South Park, was when Stan asked the three goth kids to join his dance troop.  The first two refused, citing how "conformist" it would be to join a dance troop...then the third says that he's such a non-conformist, that he won't conform with the first two, and will join the dance troop.  So I guess I'm often that third goth kid.  

This year, I've found another place where I feel good about going double-contrarian: Christmas music.  Like comedians doing bits about airline food, or the old workplace joke that the ladies of the staff often win the office football pool by choosing teams at random, I think the whole "whining that Christmas music is played too early" thing is so played out, that it's downright hackneyed.  So I say, give me Christmas music all year 'round!