Ron Paul is in fact much more socially authoritarian/conservative than what is popularly assumed.
Social conservatism and social authoritarianism are not the same thing just as social liberalism and social libertarianism aren't. Ron Paul is socially conservative, but socially libertarian.
Christ, in 15 years the Libertarian Diamond of Ideology will be so chopped up every American will have their own spectrum with axises in the third and fourth dimensions.
One thing I’ve learned in politics is to
never call someone a libertarian because any time you do, you will instantly get four or five offended libertarians ripping that label apart to show you exactly why the person in question is not a libertarian.
