Exactly. You don't uphold democracy by silencing its critics, either. Democracy and liberal freedom is best upheld when (a) the government is founded on the pr

Exactly. You don't uphold democracy by silencing its critics, either. Democracy and liberal freedom is best upheld when (a) the government is founded on the principles of liberty and rule-of-law, and (b) the people treasure those principles and refuse to tolerate a government that fails to uphold them.