The idea behind freedom generally is that despite the fact that most people don't behave optimally, it is unjust to curtail their right to behave suboptimally, so long as that behaviour doesn't directly impact others.
> so long as that behaviour doesn't directly impact others
I'm not sure how one person being misinformed directly harms another. Can you elaborate? Surely the misinformed person would have to act to directly harm another person, which is already covered by existing laws I imagine.
But there is vast amounts of empirical evidence that this is correct. Why in the world would you think otherwise?!