This outright betrayal of our democratic liberty, and that of our children and grandchildren, is enormous. Ardern is showing us that she is wholly unworthy to be the leader of a strong, thinking, free people.

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I value the principles which became the hallmarks of Western democracy, made possible by the Age of Reason; religious tolerance (a wall between religion and state), a commitment to scientific inquiry,...