Many are. Especially when it comes to their pet peeve.
They are nanny-state folks that seek solutions from the great teat of mama government. Unless their ox gets gored.
Freedom doesn't enter into it, for many. They will tell you that freedom is over-rated, and if people were free, they would do self-destructive things.
/johnny
Yep. Drug warriors come to mind. Smoke taxes are tyranny of the majority. Since smokers are now a minority, not by skin color, it is OK for the majority to vote to tax the crap out of them.
Now, the government makes more "profit" off smokes than tobacco companies, and these "conservatives" cheer when the government sues them for the health costs associated with their profits.
Beam me up!