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Essay:Best New Conservative Words (view source)
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, 01:33, June 14, 2009→Conservative words and terms: Hobson's Choice used in 48 cases, but more than 48 times, by Supreme Court Justices
|Hobson's Choice
|Hobson's Choice
|1649<ref>This has the entertaining history of originating with an English liveryman who required customers to "choose" the horse closest to the door.</ref>
|1649<ref>This has the entertaining history of originating with an English liveryman who required customers to "choose" the horse closest to the door.</ref>
|an ostensible choice that disguises a lack of freedom, because each alternative is completely unacceptable. This term is used to criticize an illusory freedom of choice. This term has been used 48 times by Supreme Court Justices, more often by conservatives than by liberals.
|an ostensible choice that disguises a lack of freedom, because each alternative is completely unacceptable. This term is invoked to criticize an illusory freedom of choice. This term has been used in 48 cases by Supreme Court Justices, more often by conservatives than by liberals.
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