[goldstategop]

That's a caricature of libertarian thought. They are classical liberals who want the government to stay out of their business and out of their personal lives. So yes, they tend to think smoking marijuana, having an abortion and owning a gun ought to be decisions left up to the individual. Freedom means being being able to pursue activities of which others might disapprove. That's different from collectivist philosophies which all believe you ought to do what they tell you to do. That doesn't sit well with many people in the Western United States who are by no means social conservatives but still believe in true freedom.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[A CA Guy]

Some could call doing WHATEVER you want anarchy.

There are some rules unless you own an island where you can do what you want without violating another person’s rights.

On an island, you can get all drugged up, get on your tractor while nude in the moonlight and howl to your delight and nobody is hurt or will care.
Off the island, nobody wants to hear you or to get hit by someone while they are drugged up on their tractor or driving a car.

I guess I consider this common sense to some point.

If you are in the middle of nowhere and don’t effect your neighbor, then good day.

[sirchtruth]

So yes, they tend to think smoking marijuana, having an abortion and owning a gun ought to be decisions left up to the individual.

...And that's the point. If those things are left up to individuals with no sense of "responsibility" then you have anarchy, a crumbling society...that would be the ultimate end game to libertarianism.

You can not truly have a "FREE" society without standards and accountability. Libetarians don't seem to know history very well and those societies that allowed the "freedom" with no consequences to do these things and how it torn them apart and how they failed miserably.

I think this gets into more of a right/wrong argument on morales than anything else.