Word: backlasher
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...Personally, I feel almost a squeamishness about getting into what could be a very ugly subject," Woodlief says. "The whole prospect of not reporting white backlash, the seamier side, has been not wanting to throw the first stone. It hasn't been there so far. I don't want to generate it, or even appear to be generating...
Both men said they believe the settlers' vulnerability stems from the language barrier and their mistrust of police, who in their homelands were often corrupt and actually viewed as an enemy. While the two denied any evidence of a political "backlash" against the Indochinese by Americans, Hartry attributed the local troubles to possible indignanace by "older immigrants" who arrived earlier in the century, when no federal programs existed for anyone, least of all newcomers. Nowadays, he explained, many Americans are voicing disapproval of the "very significant welfare dependency of Indochinese and all refugees...
...backlash was not long in coming. On opening day of the baseball season in Cleveland last April, Celeste faced an embarrassing chorus of boos as he threw out the first ball. "Substantial tax increases are not popular," said Celeste matter-of-factly. "I recognize and respect the anger of the people." But the anger in both states grew more insistent, and grass-roots groups fighting the increases began to burgeon...
...clean air, and 91% either favor existing regulations on safety in workplaces or want those regulations made tougher. Failure to make the distinction between rules involving economic competition and those affecting health and safety, contends George Eads, an adviser on regulations to Presidents Ford and Carter, has "created a backlash" against deregulation that has ruined chances for real reform...
Much of the backlash was directed at the EPA, where more than a dozen...