>>liberals never understand how stupid it sounds to say “I favor democracy, and that’s why the other side shouldn’t be given a voice.”<<
Yet they shamelessly pursue that VERY course. Why do you think there is no more college comedy circuit? The comedians were shut down for daring to go against liberal orthodoxy.
The clearly stated opposition to parts of the 1965 Civil Rights Act by Sen Barry Goldwater was given full and pretty fair media coverage. Today, a senator that was oppositional to LGBQT extra rights would be subject to attempts to have the Senate expel him. That is the distance we have come.