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Mevazeh talmid chochom.
That is an awfully harsh charge to throw at the Torah Temimma I quoted earlier.
The Torah Temimah was not mevazeh Chaza”l.
There’s a huge difference between saying Chaza”l said something and being mevatel daas to it (holding it’s right), and saying Chaza”l held something, but we know better (but we’ll follow the resulting laws anyhow). The T”T didn’t say that according to this pshat, R’ Meir was wrong.
If you think what the Torah Temimah attributes to R’ Meir can’t be correct, take it up with the Torah Temimah for that, not for his lack of hisbatlus to Chaza”l. (I t should be noted that the Torah Temimah was quite controversial, and his opinions are not necessarily accepted as mainstream.)