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by nickff 1516 days ago
They're euphemisms, but I am not sure they're Orwellian. How would you say they're Orwellian?

It's better to just allow people to name their own movement, otherwise, you end up endlessly fighting about names (i.e. are people 'pro-life' or 'anti-choice' and 'pro-murder'/'anti-life' and 'pro-choice').
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masklinn 1516 days ago
> They're euphemisms, but I am not sure they're Orwellian. How would you say they're Orwellian?

Right to work laws do not in any way provide a right to work.

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djbebs 1516 days ago
They do though
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masklinn 1509 days ago
No, not in any sense of the word. There's no guarantee that you'll get any job let alone a specific one in an RTW state. Therefore it's not a right to anything. It's just union busting.

Especially since RTW legislation is not about closed shops (which are illegal at the federal level), so these were jobs you could always get.

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kwertyoowiyop 1516 days ago
It does mean the opposite of what the phrase might normally imply.
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