On humanity and monsters.

[serina_ds]

I was having a conversation about human rights campaigners, and a comment came up about the 'genuine' or 'good' human rights campaigners. This got me to thinking about the subject. What is a 'non-genuine' or 'not good' human rights campaigner? Is this someone who campaigns for human rights for the people you disapprove of or disagree with? (I'm

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[cartesiandaemon]

Is this someone who campaigns for human rights for the people you disapprove of or disagree with?

That's my best guess, but I'm still confused. I generally parse "human rights" as "good thing", I'm not sure what people are scared of when they think it's a "bad thing". My best interpretation is what you said, thinking of human rights as a fluffy idealistic idea which is counterproductive in the real world, which I can understand, even though I vehemently disagree...

[serina_ds]

Same - my entire post is about why I disagree.

Having chatted to others, I think they meant people who use the term 'activist' when they're most like televangelists or MRAs or force-birthers (I refuse to call them pro-lifers, because this seems to be an inaccurate description).

So, people who appropriate the term rather than really being for human rights.