The leftist definition of “rights”: A guaranteed, unconditional state of emotional comfort that nobody may challenge without severe moral if not legal penalty.
The actual definition of “rights”: Freedom to be left ALONE, free from the initiation of force by anyone. A government to ensure that this–and only this–happens.
Your view of government depends upon how you define rights.
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