"Weird Perversion"

Matthew Yglesias, prominent liberal blogger, tweets:

I know they see it the other way, but I see myself as a liberal and "libertarianism" is a weird perversion of the idea.

You don't hear liberals speak publicly about "perversion" much anymore. We are now officially accepting of most statistical variation in sexual preferences.

Thank goodness there is still one area of life where "perversion" can be applied!

Much that was perverse,
seen as weird or worse,
in matters that were sexual,
now is strictly contextual.

But when it comes to politics,
and what is normal in the mix,
"freedom-fetishists" seem so weird,
wild, wacky, much to be feared.