The contrarian is the one responsible for successfully communicating any legitimate insight they have to the mainstream, however difficult that may be. One pot

The contrarian is the one responsible for successfully communicating any legitimate insight they have to the mainstream, however difficult that may be. One potential strategy might be to slowly ease your way towards your controversial conclusions, building up your argument carefully along the way, in a way that will make sense to your audience. And yet you still may get downvotes. Such is life. Lastly, it's very valuable to always be open to the idea that you are the one who is actually mistaken in some critical way.