Thank you for writing this, Justin. This is the heart of the matter for me as a conservative:

"WordPress’s mission statement is to democratize publishing. The goal is not to democratize publishing for some or for those who share our political views. The implication is that we are democratizing publishing for all."

I love freedom. WordPress is about freedom. Matt Mullenweg said this 15 years ago (https://ma.tt/2005/04/ken-ham-blog/). It gave me comfort knowing that the man at the top tolerates people with views different from his own.

"I tend to link to the more liberal organizations using WordPress because that’s what I hear about, but WP is becoming popular on all sides of the spectrum, which is fine by me."

How hypocritical it would be to allow only certain views at WordCamp. To be equitable, those in charge should ban every shirt or hat with any words at all or allow everything. I prefer freedom myself. Not that I'd wear a MAGA hat, for fear of being assaulted.