[klausa]

I understood OP post as an admission, that the "too revered" and "people being pretentious" thoughts he held previously were due to him being "a bit of a contrarian"; and he doesn't believe those things anymore.

Now re-reading it, I am not sure if that reading is entirely justified given the "removing all the bullshit and serving a slap in the face" in the latter sentences. Oh well!