And by democracy they mean the left's political priorities. I posted an article here a few years back that demonstrated that because of academia's left wing bias, their measures of "democratic backsliding" boil down to the left not getting its way 100% of the time.
The gist of the article is that the Constitution is inconvenient for the left because it makes it harder for them to persecute the right.
Well that and continuing to shovel the buzzword of “democracy” down everyone’s throats.
"our democracy, not yours"
And by democracy they mean the left's political priorities. I posted an article here a few years back that demonstrated that because of academia's left wing bias, their measures of "democratic backsliding" boil down to the left not getting its way 100% of the time.