Human rights commissions in 2015

Ed Driscoll links to my post about human rights commissions trampling on the property rights of a gay bar. Today the complainant is a straight woman who wanted to stop in for a drink. But who might the complainants be taking on gay bars in a few years time?

Driscoll has a premonition, from England:

Two primary schools have withdrawn storybooks about same-sex relationships after objections from Muslim parents.

Up to 90 gathered at the schools to complain about the books which are aimed at pupils as young as five.

Driscoll's right. For if there is a new "human right" not to be offended -- a brave new trail blazed often in the name of gay rights -- can't that phony "right" be used against gays?

The only reason I emphasize this is because some people still have trouble condemning the counterfeit "right not to be offended" when it's in the abstract, or especially when the offensive party is a neo-Nazi or other bigot. But they're missing the whole point: the precedent is being set. Even if they don't believe in free speech or property rights for their opponents, liberals should protect the concepts for themselves.