Here's the heart of the matter, and it's something we need to keep at the forefront of our debate with liberals.
The left/liberal/progressives extoll democracy as the highest ideal of government. Conservatives point out that democracy is tyranny unless built on freedom.
Freedom comprises two concrete principles: the right to own property, and the rights of the minority.
Unless these are codified into written law first, democracy is mob rule, and merely a prelude to absolute tyranny.
Beg to differ, sorta.
The crucial issue is the rights of an individual, who is of course a minority of one.
But talking about "rights of minorities" still has us in the rights of groups rather than of people as individuals.
Group rights, whether those groups are majorities or minorities, are always in conflict with the rights of individuals. IMO, if individual rights are properly respected, there is no need for group rights.