This thread is well worth reading for those interested in seeing the (often veiled, often disingenuous) assault on liberal democratic constitutionalism exposed and challenged.
FWIW (and this is a MUCH longer discussion), I think my defense of liberal democratic constitutionalism might be somewhat more "conservative" than Laura's--but we are very much on the same side as defenders of liberalism broadly understood against the apologists for illiberalism.
"I would, I think, have loved freedom in all times; but I feel myself inclined to adore it in the time we are in."
-- Tocqueville, DA, II 4.7
-- Tocqueville, DA, II 4.7
