Best to live as though rights are concrete

Source: Eastern New Mexico News
by Kent McManigal

“‘Can you touch a right? Can you smell rights?’ No, but this isn’t the ‘gotcha’ they want to pretend it is. Anti-rights people say ‘Rights are a social construct.’ Yes, they are. So? If rights don’t exist, then no one can have the right to claim another’s body, life, liberty, or property. No one can have the right to rule others. This brings us back full circle, and I’m fine with that.” (07/23/25)

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