I'm of the opinion that libertarians are basically "red pill takers." It seems we live in a world where the people who aren't fellow travelers subconsciously choose to take the blue pill (cognitive dissonance about the state.)
They enjoy their steak and want to be left alone.
To be fair, I think most, if not all, of us refuse to accept some information that doesn't support our worldview.
For instance....I am pro-choice. But I do not understand how people (like Ian) can claim that a "fetus" isn't a human being. I think he said something like, "Its not a person....its cells." To me, that view just doesn't accurately describe reality. Pro-choice or pro-life, I think its safe to call an unborn person a human being.
(Man comes home from grocery shopping and his wife says, "OMG! Great news, dear! You know those
cells that were growing inside my uterus last week?"
"Yes," says the husband. "Did you get any news from the doctor?"
"Well...it seems they've turned into a PERSON!"
"OH MY GOODNESS," he says. "How on earth did that happen?"
"I don't know," she replies. "The doctor was simply amazed and said in over 20 years of practice she'd never seen anything like it. She thinks it must have been magic!")