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Nontroversy

The Unnatural History of Nontroversy

Matt Osborne | Posted 12.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Obama Racism, David Koch, Msnbc, Larouche, Wingnuts, Teabaggers, Manufactured Outrage, Breitbart, Media, Tea Parties, Santelli's Chicago Tea Party, Illuminati, Tax Day Tea Party, Tea Party Movement, John Birchers, Ayn Rand, Nontroversy, Americans for Prosperity, Koch, Direct Mail, CBS News, Rick Santelli, Media Criticism, Racism, Tea Party, Astroturf, Fox News Channel, Andrew Breitbart, Teabagging, Tea Party Protests, Barack Obama Racism, Freedomworks, Cnbc, Rick Santelli Rant, Racist, 9/12 Tea Party March, Racism in Politics, Lyndon Larouche, LaRouche Hitler, John Birch Society, Obama Wingnuts, Wingnutosphere, Charles Koch, Cnn, William F. Buckley, Koch Industries, Fox News, Council of Conservative Citizens, Atlas Shrugged, Media Bias, Media News
Matt Osborne

Don't tell me that nontroversy doesn't matter. With nearly as many Americans approving of Palin as Obama, nontroversy really, really matters.

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Climategate and the Life-Cycle of Nontroversy

Matt Osborne | Posted 12.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Zombie Outrage, Climate, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Obama Climate Change, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Climate Crisis, Climate Change Legislation, Mainstream Media, Nontroversy, Media Criticism, Stovepiping, Zombie-Outrage, Denialism, Climate Legislation, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Media News, Socialism, Global Warming Deniers, Global Warming Denial, Climate Change Bill, Memes, Media Bias, Climate Bill, Green News
Matt Osborne

Nontroversy feeds on empty, twisted brains. In this case, a general unfamiliarity with the language of scientific banter allows the "climategate" nontroversy to overwhelm the consensus on global warming.

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Oh, the Horror! NEA Under Fire for Community Organizing

Matt Osborne | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arts, Nea, Nontroversy, National Endowment for the Arts, Yosi Sergeant, The Arts, Big Hollywood, Politics News
Matt Osborne

According to some in the wingnutosphere, asking arts organizations to consider creating opportunities for volunteerism is the slippery slope to Orwellian dystopia.

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Glenn Beck's Two Week Video Mystery Solved (UPDATE)

Matt Osborne | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Conspiracy Theory, Conspiracy Theories, Racism, President Barack Obama, Glenn Beck Is a Racist Swine, Glenn Beck, Obama's Secret Negro Army, Fox News Racism, Barack Obama, Fox News Channel, Step Dancing, Step Dance, Nontroversy, Politics News
Matt Osborne

Now that a black man holds the office, tinfoil-hat lunatics say children should not learn to respect presidents, nor should presidents encourage them to succeed. It's an incredible hypocrisy.

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