The “Unpopular Opinion framing” is such a wonderful cheat code. You get to seem like an independent thinker for free, your argument gets bonus moral superiority

The “Unpopular Opinion framing” is such a wonderful cheat code. You get to seem like an independent thinker for free, your argument gets bonus moral superiority points, and if anyone points out that your argument is actually very popular you get to claim it’s all a joke and mock them for taking you seriously (even though you actually mean what you’re saying).