I responded by noting the irony of someone using huge bold, underlined, italic text on the word 'economic' kind of proved my point. I guess you missed that.
Which, of course, it didn't. Unsurprising really, considering your comprehension of this thread.
You cited a conservative (not libertarian) economic think tank as proof that libertarians don't care about non-economic freedom, which is like posting a link to ESPN and saying "See? This link proves Americans only care about sports, since not ONE link on this website talks about the Iraq War or the Stock Market". That's not what that specific organization is concerned with, so that's not what they reprot on. You then made the leap that because they were referring to economic freedom, that means that is the ONLY type of freedom that libertarians care about, which is obviously goofy to anyone above 2nd grade.
Want libertarian sites that deal with social freedoms? How about the actual LP of the USA?
On Drug Laws wrote:Drug prohibition does more to make Americans unsafe than any other factor. Just as alcohol prohibition gave us Al Capone and the mafia, drug prohibition has given us the Crips, the Bloods and drive-by shootings. Consider the historical evidence: America's murder rate rose nearly 70% during alcohol prohibition, but returned to its previous levels after prohibition ended. Now, since the War on Drugs began, America's murder rates have doubled. The cause/effect relationship is clear. Prohibition is putting innocent lives at risk.
On Freedom of Speech wrote:We defend the rights of individuals to unrestricted freedom of speech, freedom of the press and the right of individuals to dissent from government itself. ...
We oppose any abridgment of the freedom of speech through government censorship, regulation or control of communications media
On the right of individuals to own firearms wrote:Libertarians, like other Americans, want to be able to walk city streets safely and be secure in their homes. We also want our Constitutional rights protected, to guard against the erosion of our civil liberties. In particular, Libertarians want to see all people treated equally under the law, as our Constitution requires. America's millions of gun owners are people too.
Law-abiding, responsible citizens do not and should not need to ask anyone's permission or approval to engage in a peaceful activity. Gun ownership, by itself, harms no other person and cannot morally justify criminal penalties.
On Immigration wrote:Crossing an international border to support your family and pursue dreams of a better life is not an inherently criminal act like rape or robbery. If it were, then most of us descend from criminals. As the people of Texas know well, the large majority of illegal immigrants are not bad people. They are people who value family, faith and hard work trying to live within a bad system.
When large numbers of otherwise decent people routinely violate a law, the law itself is probably the problem. To argue that illegal immigration is bad merely because it is illegal avoids the threshold question of whether we should prohibit this kind of immigration in the first place.
On Privacy wrote:The individual's right to privacy, property, and right to speak or not to speak should not be infringed by the government. The government should not use electronic or other means of covert surveillance of an individual's actions or private property without the consent of the owner or occupant
None of these are "economic" issues, with the possible exception of noting economic benefits that a larger work force can bring.
How about the
Future of Freedom Foundation? A libertarian organization that advocates both economic freedom (such as refuting New Deal policies) AND social freedom (such as their extensive work on CIA torture abuses, Gitmo, etc.).
Maybe you'd be interested in
HarryBrowne.org, dedicated to the late Harry Browne, who ran for President under the Libertarian banner in 2000, and who authored several books on Libertarian thought. The articles section is broken down by topic, and includes sections on the Drug War, Foreign Policy, Gay Marriage, Torture, Iraq, and other non-economic topics central to Libertarian theory.
"Never put passions ahead of principles. Even if you win, you lose."