hot button issue
- controversialCausing public dispute
- polarizingCausing sharp division
- divisiveCausing sharp disagreement
- debateFormal argument on issues
- politicsGovernmental power struggles
outrage · wedge · flashpoint · contentious · argument · firestorm · trigger · sensitive · inflammatory · partisan · talking point · scandal · headline · opinion · charged · emotional · reactive · explosive
public salience
hot button issuenon-issue
Matter of no importance
inside baseball · yesterday's news · moot point · academic question · hypothetical