You need to come up with an alternative for people to keep getting their income, before imposing knee-jerk regulations. Which is something that I'd guess you've accused "uber-liberals" of before.
For example, this is how the law treats people who sell drugs. Do you make the same argument re: drug dealers needing an alternative source of income before we criminalize it?
Unfortunately, yes, I've seen people make that argument.
I've had people tell me drug dealing is the only job available to some people in some communities, thereby making it acceptable morally and it shouldn't be prosecuted criminally (at least not so harshly).
Not that this would ever happen, but I doubt it's economically impossible.
That isn't the function of government.