I’m gonna skip the link, but there are at least two major libertarian camps: the serious thinkers, and the ‘I just want to do drugs’ libertarians who have no more depth than that. While I wish it were otherwise, the latter are far more numerous.
Very true. I saw this segment and, someone correct me if I’m wrong, the audience booed Lincoln’s actions to end slavery. A little disturbing. Slavery is A-OK, but being against gay marriage makes you a bigot!
libertarians care so much about those social issues not only because the former is rife with injustice, wastefulness, and abuse, but because they serve as a litmus test of sorts, separating those who are serious about limited government from those who pick and choose when they want to be skeptical of government power.
Those who "pick and choose" do so because some issues are more important to the culture than others. Libertarians are too doctrinaire, applying rubrics rigidly to every case. One example: Rand Paul believing the Civil Rights Act should not apply to private businesses like lunch counters.
The desire to "pick and choose" is part of our humanity and our intelligence. "One size fits all" makes it unnecessary to think.