you immediately make it about gay rights
I didn't make it about gay rights. Clarence Thomas did. He said there was no right to engage in sodomy, which Tim framed as gay rights. I said it wasn't about gay rights but about the right to privacy in one's castle.
The distinction between the liberal and libertarian positions, seems to me, is that liberals are concerned with the perceived affirmative rights of humanity such as the right to their choice of sexual activity, the right to health care, the right to sustenance, shelter, education, etc. Libertarians focus on the right to be left in peace.
So, would what I wrote be OK if I changed it as follows?
Karen: Don't think so. Yes, liberals do tend to be supporters of affirmative human rights, such as sexual engagement with a partner of the same sex, but this wasn't about an affirmative right. In my mind it was about the right to be left alone, the libertarian perspective. Same net effect so I would think liberals and libertarians would support this decision equally. |
