I've thought about these kinds of things often lately. Freedom defending itself, democracy defending itself & such. What should be done about anti-democratic parties in a democratic society? Those kinds of things.
I am coming to the conclusion that you hit a breaking point if this becomes to big an issue. Sure it's ok to handle it one way or another if the above party is at <5%. But once they near the 50% mark, it's game over. You cannot defend democracy or freedom without compromising it.
Same goes in this case. When it's a once a year case, that's one thing. But if you have a large number voluntarily relinquishing freedoms, it is no longer a free state.
My view is that as long as relinquishing one's own freedom does not impact the freedom of others, then it should slide. This assumes the person relinquishing is doing so voluntarily and with full knowledge of the alternatives.
Otherwise, it isn't really freedom in the libertarian sense, since people should be free to do what they want as long as it doesn't harm others. Plus, what makes a person feel free can vary from person to person, so if "freedom" is being mandated as in France, then it can actually become totalitarian in the name of "freedom."
Say you have a democratically elected anti-democratic party. Or even a large minority party. It's usually not so straightforward because democracies & demi-democracies normally disallow these. But they do exist. Currently theocratic movements lead the trend.
If you allow these to run, you get a theocracy. If you disallow it, you no longer have a democracy. As long as they're small you can suppress them in the name of defending democracy. But defending democracy against the demos really ends democracy if it is in any way substantial.
I am coming to the conclusion that you hit a breaking point if this becomes to big an issue. Sure it's ok to handle it one way or another if the above party is at <5%. But once they near the 50% mark, it's game over. You cannot defend democracy or freedom without compromising it.
Same goes in this case. When it's a once a year case, that's one thing. But if you have a large number voluntarily relinquishing freedoms, it is no longer a free state.