On the who is a person front, we have pro-choicers saying a fetus is not a person, extremists painting different races, religions, sexual orientations etc. As not being a person, PETA and many vegans saying animals are people, Australian bioethicists claiming infants are not people, Mothers claiming their mentally handicapped children are not people, and the list goes on.
On the rights side, many modern ideologies are based on what is a person's right and what is not: communists, socialists and others believe a person has a right to everything needed for them to live a comfortable life regardless of whether they have worked for them or not; Tea Partiers and libertarians believe they only have a right to pursue such things; Islamists and other extremist groups (e.g. neonazis) believe they have a right to live only amongst those who share all their beliefs and/or physical features.
When you get into a debate or discussion, please remember that if you do not agree on these basic tenets of societal life, none of the rest of what you discuss will be compatible, so please take a look at this issue and decide where you stand.
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