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An abbreviation for Wingnut Threat Level.
#WTL is a common hashtag used on Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks, often used in the question, "What's the #WTL?"
Similar to the U.S. Government's Terrorism Alert Level, the answer is usually a color such as "red" or "orange." The subjective level is usually influenced by some ludicrous, exaggerated or manipulated hyper-partisan political event being praised or lauded by political operatives or extremists.
Regardless of which color (or other signifier) is used, the more the event threatens the public discourse, political civility, or narratives being advanced by the concorporate media, the greater is the assumed threat level.
#WTL is a common hashtag used on Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks, often used in the question, "What's the #WTL?"
Similar to the U.S. Government's Terrorism Alert Level, the answer is usually a color such as "red" or "orange." The subjective level is usually influenced by some ludicrous, exaggerated or manipulated hyper-partisan political event being praised or lauded by political operatives or extremists.
Regardless of which color (or other signifier) is used, the more the event threatens the public discourse, political civility, or narratives being advanced by the concorporate media, the greater is the assumed threat level.
by shoqvalue February 22, 2010
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1) A treatment for poisoning by counteracting the toxic
properties, ideas, myths, fallacies and lies which can be readily absorbed by watching Fox News Channel. (n)
2 ) If you defox, or if something defoxes your body, you do something to remove the poisonous effects of Fox News from your body. (v)
Defoxes plural, 3rd person present; Defoxing present participle listen defoxed past tense, past participle
1) A treatment for poisoning by counteracting the toxic
properties, ideas, myths, fallacies and lies which can be readily absorbed by watching Fox News Channel. (n)
2 ) If you defox, or if something defoxes your body, you do something to remove the poisonous effects of Fox News from your body. (v)
Defoxes plural, 3rd person present; Defoxing present participle listen defoxed past tense, past participle
After a whole evening of Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck, George rushed to the emergency room in hopes that even without health insurance, he could get immediate defoxification for free, or at reduced cost.
by shoqvalue February 2, 2010
Get the Defoxification mug.An organized political tactic or strategy aimed at exposing and promoting the actual facts about a political candidate, their positions, or their record.
A play on "Swiftboating," where baseless allegations are widely promoted to smear a candidate (often with funding provided by outside groups),"Truthboating" is designed to discredit a candidate or their positions based on well documented facts or the public record.
While some might consider telling the truth about a candidate to be a "dirty trick," others feel the practice may actually make an important contribution to electoral politics.
A play on "Swiftboating," where baseless allegations are widely promoted to smear a candidate (often with funding provided by outside groups),"Truthboating" is designed to discredit a candidate or their positions based on well documented facts or the public record.
While some might consider telling the truth about a candidate to be a "dirty trick," others feel the practice may actually make an important contribution to electoral politics.
Mitt Romney called it "disgusting" that the Obama campaign was citing actual facts about when he worked at Bain Capital. Such truthboating is expected to escalate as the presidential election approaches.
by shoqvalue July 18, 2012
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The attacks on the Congressman were not sincere posts by citizens, but rather, the output of a well orchestrated astrotweet campaign.
by shoqvalue January 11, 2011
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