"Perceived" Rights v. "Actual" Rights

 

So in yesterday's post I said that I would expound on "perceived" rights and "actual" rights today; well, I'm a man of my word, so here it is.

Let me say two things right up front:  first, what I'm posting here in this blog are my personal opinions based on my own life experiences unless I clearly state otherwise.  Second, I don't expect everyone to agree with me, and that's okay.  Just don't try and tell my I'm wrong, because when it comes to opinions there is no 'right' or 'wrong' - they're just different.  So do us both a favor and don't go down that road.

Okay, so let's get to it, shall we?  (This should be fairly brief, by the way.)

I can sum up the difference between "perceived" rights and "actual" rights with one simple statement:  if it isn't written down on paper in the form of a law or as a part of the Bill of Rights, then it isn't an "actual" right.  Anything else is a "perceived" right.

 Simple enough, right?  Yeah, you would think so, but it's not.

We hear all the time from the libtard left that "healthcare is a right," and "housing is a right," and "a living wage is a right," and all of that other crap.  The bottom lines on that are simple, and there are two of them.

First, you do NOT have a 'right' to anything that requires the labor of another person.  If you want those services, then you must pay for them.  That's the way it works, and no amount of hurt feelings or social outrage by the left is going to change that.  

Second, if it's not on paper or in the Bill of Rights, well, you know...

So what that means is that the "right" to healthcare and the "right" to a so-called 'living wage' are "perceived" rights; that is, someone thinks they should be an actual right, so in their minds they are.  The fact of the matter is that they're not; they're "perceived" rights, which means nothing.

Any time anyone tells me that they have a "right" this or a "right" to that, my reply is always the same:  "Show me that in the Bill of Rights."  So far no one has been able to, so the conversation always ends at that point.

And while I'm at it, let me stir the pot just a little more on the topic of "rights."

There is no such thing as "trans rights," "homosexual rights," "black rights," or anything like that.  All of those are bullshit leftist terms that were conceived to try and give someone's OPINIONS OR FEELINGS a sense of legitimacy. The truth is that they are nothing but opinions, plain and simple.

So that's it.  I told you this was going to be brief. 

Let the leftist outrage begin.

Deo Vindice

IHC