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Originally Posted by MrSelfDestruct
We have several basic rights, you could call them "basic human rights" if you want:
The right to not be killed or harmed
The right to be personal privacy
The right to own private property
The right to be free from intimidation or coercion
It is not ethically justifiable for the majority to impose its will upon the minority in violation of those rights. A right is a social contract which guarantees that the majority will respect the minority in regard to that issue. The only justification for violating one of another person's rights is to protect your own rights from an unprovoked attempt to violate your rights. Therefore it is acceptable to kill in self-defense, or to strike back if you are about to be harmed, but it is not acceptable for the majority of people to kill you just because you do not agree with them politically, or they feelt that they are superior to you (i.e. Nazism/Fascism.)
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Your social contract is written down. It's called the constitution. You can claim more rights and argue about the meaning of those written down in the constitution, but it is not the government's job to ignore the majority according to what one person or another person thinks. That is unworkable. Like it or not, your rights that are guaranteed to you are written down and you're free to read them as well as the law interpreting them.
The right to be free from intimidation or coercion? That is one thing that the government violates on a daily basis.