A libertarian speaks up for us social conservatives

I am a social conservative. I am not big on libertarianism. In fact, libertarianism tends to creep me out. While libertarians seldom start out intending this, all too often their ideology tends to end up saying that individuals have a right to do things that are destructive to society as long as it doesn't hurt anybody else.

Yes, I'm aware that the last sentence is incoherent. That's because, in practice, I find libertarianism incoherent.

Now, here is an interesting article in which a libertarian makes that case that libertarians ought not to be- as they frequently are- similarly turned off by social conservatism.

I think it makes sense. But then, I'm a social conservative.

HT: Real Clear Politics

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