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“Protections” Is the New Liberal Word for Regulations
RushLimbaugh.com - © 2017 Premiere Radio Networks. All Rights Reserved. ^ | 2/22/17 | Rush Limbaugh

Posted on 02/23/2017 11:00:37 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines

Remember George Lakoff (rhymes with)? He was a wordsmith for Democrat Party. This goes back to the Clinton years, and this is a guy that had meetings with Democrats to tell them what words to use in public. “Protections” is the new word for “regulations.” Where they always used to talk about “regulations,” the Democrats are now supposed to talk about “protections.”

Be it in housing, be it in any kind of business, be it environmental, it’s all now gonna be called “protections.” And right there it is (shuffling paper), in the New York Times: “President Trump appears on the verge of reversing [regulations] put in place by the Obama administration…” Obama introduced regulations, but they’re now being called “protections.” Folks, do not fall for this. This is a word game trick, and the purpose is very clear. It’s to make it look like Trump is endangering people that Obama previously “protected.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: liberal; protections; regulations; word

1 posted on 02/23/2017 11:00:38 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

And “justice” is their word for oppression.


2 posted on 02/23/2017 11:02:12 AM PST by rightwingcrazy
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lIBTARDS are literally MAFIA!!!

3 posted on 02/23/2017 11:02:16 AM PST by GraceG (Only a fool works hard in an environment where hard work is not appreciated...)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

It’s Strangulation, not protection.


4 posted on 02/23/2017 11:02:22 AM PST by OpusatFR
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We wouldn’t have these problems if their parents had used”protection”.


5 posted on 02/23/2017 11:04:20 AM PST by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: GraceG


"If you mention extortion again, I'll have your legs broken."
6 posted on 02/23/2017 11:04:33 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Liberals are always disguising their words because the truth would make them unpopular. Unfortunately there are a lot of people who don’t look any deeper than the surface, or the words used to describe something.


7 posted on 02/23/2017 11:09:40 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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As a small business owner in IT I see these protections every day

* Big business is protected from competition of little guys like me since they can afford to deal with regulations. Even as a small business I am expected/required to meet “big business regulations” to get some contracts.

* Contractors (me) and H-1B workers are protected from US workers being hired for what we do because of the regulations in hiring and firing employees.

* New-hires are protected from job openings that a company may like to fill. It’s easier/safer to overwork existing experienced employees with junior tasks than bring on someone who may not work out
for a job that isn’t critical.

There are so many other protections. But not enough. For example, we need “family leave laws” to protect potential parents (especially mothers) from being hired to a critical position by a small company that can not afford to be without them for many weeks. /sarc


8 posted on 02/23/2017 11:23:32 AM PST by LostPassword
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the Democrats are now supposed to talk about “protections.”


..................and the results of another focus group.........


9 posted on 02/23/2017 12:04:33 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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This should be countered by saying “you mean regulations” every time a lib says it. Even if it’s over and over in the same conversation.


10 posted on 02/23/2017 12:23:09 PM PST by precisionshootist
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It’s coercion.


11 posted on 02/23/2017 3:45:54 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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