The simple answer is you're using a definition of "fair opportunity" that is different from what the people who disagree with you are using. Opportunities can s

The simple answer is you're using a definition of "fair opportunity" that is different from what the people who disagree with you are using. Opportunities can simultaneously be 'fair' and 'unfair' depending on which definition you use. Personally, I don't find the Harrison Bergeron definition of 'fair' to be particularly useful. It seems to be questioning things for the mere sake of questioning things. Yes, in the cosmic sense, everything is unfair, but what's your point? Society wasn't made to give everyone equal "cosmic fairness". This is how you create a society where the gifts of peoples' talents and circumstance go unused. By contrast, the people who are disagreeing with you are interested in maximizing the usefulness of these gifts. Improving peoples' circumstances is part of this, but only one part.