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US Politics 16h
what is a human right? (i’m aware of the dictionary definition just curious as to how other people would describe it or analogize it)
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Anonymous 15h

A nice way of saying something that everyone SHOULD have access to, although everyone doesn’t have access to it and the people saying it’s a human right don’t ensure that everyone has it. It’s a nice way of sounding like a good person without having to do anything.

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Anonymous 15h

letting me have a bowl of soup

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Anonymous 15h

A basic moral rule about what others can’t do to you without consent.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 15h

And this^

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 15h

This is insanely reductive. Naming something a human right is the first step to securing it, not a substitute for it. Abolition, suffrage, and the Civil Rights Act all started with people insisting a right existed before the law guaranteed it. "Not everyone has it" isn't a gotcha, it's the whole point. You name the violation so you can document it, organize around it, and hold someone accountable. Calling that virtue signaling just protects the status quo.

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