Twitter pokes fun at Campus Progress' definition of 'basic human right'

thisistwitchy | 6:19 PM on May 25, 2012

A transgender student at the University of Arkansas, Fort Smith, is anatomically male (for the time being) but dresses and lives as a female. The student, Jennifer Braly, was told to use gender-neutral restrooms on campus. Braly wanted to use women’s bathrooms and filed a complaint with the Department of Justice. In response to the complaint, the university changed its policy. Now Braly is allowed to use both women’s and gender-neutral restrooms.

The left-wing advocacy group Campus Progress, which is a unit of the George-Soros funded Center for American Progress, covered the story with this headline: “Transgender Woman Denied Basic Human Rights.”

Some Twitter users felt the headline was a bit over the top.

https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/206110049142181888

And so a new hashtag game, #basichumanright, was born:

https://twitter.com/MarjorieJeffrey/status/206111351318396929

https://twitter.com/Capit0lism/status/206114001871056896

Not being gunned down on the border by Eric Holder's guns #basichumanright

— _mm512_maskz_hesnotthestig_epi64(0x42,vec1,vec2) (@HesNotTheStig) May 25, 2012

Prejudicing a "White Hispanic's" right to a fair trial by saying he killed someone who looked like his "son" is a #basichumanright

— Sara (@SGLawrence) May 25, 2012