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StatistFallacies/RightsComeFrom

Fallacy:

"Rights come from society" (or "Rights are granted by the state").

Response:

  • Rights are not tokens handed out by countries. You always have rights. The state has no more authority to hand out rights than a clown at the circus. —Hugh Diedrichs

That's a great quote, but by itself it's only a counter-assertion, so let us continue to the argument. The claim is that rights come (or are granted by) either "society" or "the state". This implies that rights may either be withdrawn or not granted.

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