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The new laws are just paper tigers without any method of enforcement.
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Not all right-to-disconnect laws are created equal, of course; design choices determine whether the policy is a paper tiger or a performance enhancer.
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Gleb Tsipursky, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2026
The Druze exception proves the rule—when repression crosses Israeli red lines, the paper tiger externally tears.
—Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
The executive order is seen by some as toothless and, ultimately, a paper tiger in the fight to protect consumers from a new, largely unregulated industry.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025
The only thing that the Democrats and these crazy liberals have is this paper tiger.
—FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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Gleb Tsipursky, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2026
The Druze exception proves the rule—when repression crosses Israeli red lines, the paper tiger externally tears.
—Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
The executive order is seen by some as toothless and, ultimately, a paper tiger in the fight to protect consumers from a new, largely unregulated industry.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025
The only thing that the Democrats and these crazy liberals have is this paper tiger.
—FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Paper tiger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paper%20tiger. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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