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'''Equal rights''' is a defined, unambiguous term that means that everyone's Rights are Equal.  The term is used by everyone with two-thirds of a brain.

'''Equal rights''' is an undefined, ambiguous term that means different things to different people, depending on the context.  The term was used by promoters of a gender-neutral society when they invented the name "[[Equal Rights Amendment]]", a name that was never part of the proposed amendment.

 

A proper use of the term '''equal rights''' is in complaining about unlawful [[discrimination]] by [[government]].

 

In the past the leading figure of [[totalitarian]] [[Nazism]], [[Hitler]], who exhibited the traits of [[disturbed character]] and let himself to be called "[[Der Führer]]", used language of '[[equal rights]]'. He argued that if the western powers would not disarm, the principle of basic equity as well as the [[pride]] and prestige of a great nation demanded that [[Germany]] should be permitted to rebuild its armed forces, reduced to punny levels at the 1919 [[Treaty of Versailles]], to similar levels. Many, not just in Nazi ranks, considered his claim on rearmament as the best way to secure [[German]] defence and demand to be on par with the western powers in terms of military strength a compelling argument. Where Hitler pulled a masterstroke was in persuading them for years that he was striving for peace, not war.<ref>{{cite book |title=To Hell and Back: Europe, 1914-1949 |author=Ian Kershaw |publisher=Penguin |location=UK |year=2015 |chapter=6.Danger Zone |pages=251 |isbn=978-02411-87159 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HPqjBwAAQBAJ&q=equal%20rights }}</ref>

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