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by kelseyfrog 1296 days ago
I've never heard of this before. Are there other political paradoxes you're aware of, say for example, a paradox of the right?
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Is the answer to this supposed to be obvious enough to not actually require a response? Whether or not that is the case, it seems useful to lay out an example.

A paradox of the Right is that they say that they fight for peoples' freedoms, yet they continue to fight to restrict freedoms. See any of the Right's stances regarding the freedoms of LGBT people for a salient and current example.

You could say "the Right is against rights", if you want to be cute about it.