It depends on the context. In some cases the person might be taunting you to defend your position, or simply trying to avoid some subject.
But let’s say that the person says this out of the blue, and is proselytising this view that human rights should be opposed. In this situation I believe that the person thinks that they benefit from denying human rights to other people; it’s mostly selfish. (And worse, stupid - the person will be likely in the short end of the stick.)
It depends on the context. In some cases the person might be taunting you to defend your position, or simply trying to avoid some subject.
But let’s say that the person says this out of the blue, and is proselytising this view that human rights should be opposed. In this situation I believe that the person thinks that they benefit from denying human rights to other people; it’s mostly selfish. (And worse, stupid - the person will be likely in the short end of the stick.)