[ty] Do not promote literals in contravariant positions of generic specializations (#21171)

## Summary

closes https://github.com/astral-sh/ty/issues/1284

supersedes https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/pull/20950 by @ibraheemdev 

## Test Plan

New regression test
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# Literal promotion
```toml
[environment]
python-version = "3.12"
```
There are certain places where we promote literals to their common supertype:
```py
@ -30,3 +35,34 @@ def double_negation(callback: Callable[[Callable[[Literal[1]], None]], None]):
reveal_type([callback]) # revealed: list[Unknown | (((int, /) -> None, /) -> None)]
```
Literal promotion should also not apply recursively to type arguments in contravariant/invariant
position:
```py
class Bivariant[T]:
pass
class Covariant[T]:
def pop(self) -> T:
raise NotImplementedError
class Contravariant[T]:
def push(self, value: T) -> None:
pass
class Invariant[T]:
x: T
def _(
bivariant: Bivariant[Literal[1]],
covariant: Covariant[Literal[1]],
contravariant: Contravariant[Literal[1]],
invariant: Invariant[Literal[1]],
):
reveal_type([bivariant]) # revealed: list[Unknown | Bivariant[int]]
reveal_type([covariant]) # revealed: list[Unknown | Covariant[int]]
reveal_type([contravariant]) # revealed: list[Unknown | Contravariant[Literal[1]]]
reveal_type([invariant]) # revealed: list[Unknown | Invariant[Literal[1]]]
```