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heckler’s veto

heckler’s veto
 n.— «In a to Mr. Koch, Dorothy J. Samuels, the Civil Liberties Union , said that “to allow this kind of “heckler’s veto’ bodes poorly for the free exchange of diverse and sometimes unpopular viewpoints in this City.”» —“Rugby Decision Criticized”  Aug. 12, 1981. (: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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