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What do you mean by "right"?
A "right" is guaranteed to us by our government*. People can be shitty to other people because they are also shitty people. Sometimes, there are consequences. Sometimes there are not. But, the government has a mandate they are not allowed to ignore. People can ignore that mandate if they feel they won't face any repercussions.
Do you want to say "duty"?
People have a moral obligation to be respectful to others. No judge or prosecutor or policeman is going to enforce that upon another citizen.**
*It's taken, not given.
**Edge cases exist
YMMV
Technically you're correct. I'd add that other than the individual's moral obligation there's also the culture and acceptable norms, and here, as you're probability about to find out, the government as a lot of influence.