Chris Rufo, a rightwing culture-war celebrity and close Ron DeSantis ally, has maintained a close relationship with IM-1776, a “dissident right” magazine that regularly showers praise on dictators and authoritarians, puffs racist ideologues, and attacks liberal democracy.
The outlet’s editors and writers – many of them so-called “anons” working under pseudonyms – have variously advocated for the repeal of the Civil Rights Act; celebrated figures such as the “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski and the proto-fascist Italian nationalist Gabriele D’Annunzio; and advanced conspiracy theories about the Covid pandemic, and what they term the “regime”, a leftist power structure that they imagine unites the state, large corporations, universities and the media.
…attacks liberal democracy.
What kind of reporting is this? There is no such thing as “liberal democracy” in my view. You either let people have a voice or you don’t.
The Guardian is a paper based in Manchester, England. Fairly certain that they do not mean “liberal” in the American sense meaning left-wing, progressive politics. They mean it in the classical sense meaning free.
Ah, okay then. The phrasing seems odd to me.