The liberal lie that drives me near unto violence is when someone claims that the interests of society outweigh the rights of an individual.
Sometimes the need for standards in a community does indeed outweigh the rights of individuals. I am against legalizing drugs and prostitution for this very reason. I don't want it to be legal to operate a crack house or a bunny ranch next door to my family--and there be nothing I can do about it. The behavior resulting from said activities are vices and attract the lowest of the low. There are no benefits, only detremetal effects.
Not everything can be about "self."
Your statement is only true to the collectivist mentality. In a moral society, nothing, absolutely nothing, outweighs the rights of the individual.
I am against legalizing drugs and prostitution for this very reason. I don't want it to be legal to operate a crack house or a bunny ranch next door to my family--and there be nothing I can do about it.
There is no justification for you to do something about it, unless and until your rights are violated.
The behavior resulting from said activities are vices and attract the lowest of the low. There are no benefits, only detremetal effects.
No, the lowest of the low are those who are attracted to the socialist justification for their desire to dictate the thoughts and actions of their fellow man. The losers who succumb to self destructive vice are just the symptom of that socialist disease.
Not everything can be about "self."
You are very correct. It is not about "self", it is about individual rights.