parade of horribles

Definitions

1. 1

   A parade featuring a progression of people wearing comic and grotesque costumes, commonly…

   A parade featuring a progression of people wearing comic and grotesque costumes, commonly accompanied by floats and models representing monsters.

2. 2

   Any rhetorical device presenting a series of terrible results that notionally might…

   Any rhetorical device presenting a series of terrible results that notionally might follow from an act, instead of confining the argument to the explicit terms of any applicable law.

   • The majority trotted out a parade of horribles in which judicial line-drawing concerning accommodation would displace legitimate democratic choices.

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