Yes, Eric, true enough. It never ceases to amaze me when people don’t understand why you’d treasure the freedom to engage in this or that behavior even if you didn’t plan to exercise it yourself. But if we could all agree on what was objectionable, we wouldn’t have to argue over liberties in the first place.

People who hurl the charge often presume lifestyle advocacy (or at least some personal motive) where it may not exist. Supporters of drug legalization are thus conflated with drug users, which makes about as much sense as saying all opponents of global warming hysteria are being paid by Big Oil.