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Brussels Mayor Attempts To Shut Down National Conservatism Conference by Force

It's a good thing opponents of the move can appeal to the liberal values of free speech, free association, and equal treatment under law.

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'One hopes the experience will give national conservatives a new appreciation for the liberal values that will necessarily undergird their legal and rhetorical challenges to today's events,' writes (Stephanie) Slade about attempts to stop the #NatCon conference.
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🚨BREAKING: Belgian court strikes down order to censor National Conservatism

The conference will resume today without police interference

ADF International supported in legally challenging the order to censor the conference

The court said: “the threat to public order seems to be derived purely

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'One hopes the experience will give national conservatives a new appreciation for the liberal values that will necessarily undergird their legal and rhetorical challenges to today's events.' -- (Stephanie) Slade

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This article is me patrolling my own side for illiberalism.

Proud to see many of my friends/allies stand up for the free speech rights even—especially—of those with whom they profoundly disagree.

'We condemn in the strongest possible terms the Belgian authorities’ attempts to shut down, without due process, the National Conservatism Conference underway in Brussels.'

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Oh, this is too good.

Truly the words of Jesus are fulfilled in such false teachers who invent mortal sins:

'They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.' Matthew 23:4

Hard to imagine a more effective tactic...if your objective is to generate ill will for your cause.

'Somehow liberals have been unable to acquire from life what conservatives seem to be endowed with at birth, namely, a healthy skepticism of the powers of government agencies to do good.' —Daniel Patrick Moynihan