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Human rights aren’t a dangerous idea, brother.

belltaco 5y ago
It is indeed a human right to spread disease and death to other human beings. Dying by drowning in an abundance of oxygen being pumped into one's body is the peak of freedom. No one can restrict one's rights after they're dead.
jhgb 5y ago
Including people's right to life, right?
- mrfusion 5y ago
  This is called Safetyism. It is tyranny dressed up as concern for safety. Life is about risk. If you go down the path of 'trying to make everything safe' you ruin people's lives because a lot of what makes life enjoyable is about risk, ie asking someone on a date is a risk, travelling to a foreign country is a risk, driving is a risk, going on holiday is a risk, having children is a risk, starting a business is a risk. If you box people in and say 'its for your/the greater good' you are a tyrant forcing your will on people who should always have choice and free will. Restricting people's movement, their lives, their speech, criminalising socialising, bankrupting people is tyranny and should never, ever be allowed in a free and democratic society.
  - SantalBlush 5y ago
    I don't know of any single government in the world that doesn't do at least some of the things you describe here. If you're trying to make the case that all goverments are tyrannical because they enact laws to promote safety, that seems like a rather big stretch.
    - mrfusion 5y ago
      A lot of smart people gave this a lot of thought and this is what they came up with: https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-huma...
- nradov 5y ago
  There is no right to life. Everyone dies.
chitowneats 5y ago
That's the thing. They are quite dangerous. Ask the Jim Crow South, the Chinese Communist Party, or the Bush Administration. They are very threatening to ruling classes that have a vested interest in the status quo, or in some radical vision they'd like to inflict or enforce upon the world.

It is indeed a human right to spread disease and death to other human beings. Dying by drowning in an abundance of oxygen being pumped into one's body is the peak of freedom. No one can restrict one's rights after they're dead.

jhgb 5y ago

Including people's right to life, right?

mrfusion 5y ago
This is called Safetyism. It is tyranny dressed up as concern for safety. Life is about risk. If you go down the path of 'trying to make everything safe' you ruin people's lives because a lot of what makes life enjoyable is about risk, ie asking someone on a date is a risk, travelling to a foreign country is a risk, driving is a risk, going on holiday is a risk, having children is a risk, starting a business is a risk. If you box people in and say 'its for your/the greater good' you are a tyrant forcing your will on people who should always have choice and free will. Restricting people's movement, their lives, their speech, criminalising socialising, bankrupting people is tyranny and should never, ever be allowed in a free and democratic society.
- SantalBlush 5y ago
  I don't know of any single government in the world that doesn't do at least some of the things you describe here. If you're trying to make the case that all goverments are tyrannical because they enact laws to promote safety, that seems like a rather big stretch.
  - mrfusion 5y ago
    A lot of smart people gave this a lot of thought and this is what they came up with: https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-huma...
nradov 5y ago
There is no right to life. Everyone dies.

chitowneats 5y ago

That's the thing. They are quite dangerous. Ask the Jim Crow South, the Chinese Communist Party, or the Bush Administration. They are very threatening to ruling classes that have a vested interest in the status quo, or in some radical vision they'd like to inflict or enforce upon the world.