Sigivald - Also people inhabiting a large country occupying the middle latitudes of North America. Especially the people in that country who have religious beliefs, though these particular "human rights activists" can become, shall we say, rather indiscriminate in their application -- see 9/11/2001.
Leland wrote:
Human Rights Activist seems correct to me. They just happened to be activist "against" rather than "for" Human Rights.
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This page contains a single entry by Rand Simberg published on February 28, 2008 7:25 AM.
The relatively shiny, newly invented right of "being free from criticism related to one's religious beliefs", of course.
It's all the rage at the UN, I hear. (At least, when it's applied to people who aren't Israelis.)
Sigivald - Also people inhabiting a large country occupying the middle latitudes of North America. Especially the people in that country who have religious beliefs, though these particular "human rights activists" can become, shall we say, rather indiscriminate in their application -- see 9/11/2001.
Human Rights Activist seems correct to me. They just happened to be activist "against" rather than "for" Human Rights.