Sentences with phrase «very illiberal»

And while it's likely accurate to say that judges tend to support democratic values, there are plenty of examples in Canadian history of the judiciary and individual judges acting in ways that also seemed also to promote private, elite and state values, which at times in the past were very illiberal.

But in the face of ever increasing, often very illiberal and incoherent attacks by climate deniers and sceptics, it is understandable that some scientists may resort to defensive measures — by «keeping nutters out».

Torture and mass surveillance, for example, are very illiberal but still have enough Democratic supporters that liberals could not defend against them through cloture.

Almost everybody seemed to agree with the article.The vast majority on the left are not illiberal, and these tendencies are very illiberal.

Not exact matches

Everett (Dermot Mulroney) has arrived with a brittle, stuck - up, illiberal, and overly ambitious fiancée, Meredith (Sarah Jessica Parker); and despite the family's assurances that they like her very much, they don't like her a bit — especially when she wrecks Christmas Eve dinner by suggesting that a gay child (as opposed to a «normal» one) might be something that a parent wouldn't wholeheartedly welcome (because, you know, it's such a tough life).

The differences between left and right are unimportant compared to the clash between illiberal radical Islam and the West - for the entire spectrum of Western opinion is under a common threat, indeed the very idea of the legitimacy of dissenting opinions is under threat.