In the name of fairness, real freedoms end up being qualified. Take the rights of victims. Every time the police want to undermine the rights of defendants, they justify it by invoking the rights of victims. The right to silence, they said, tipped the balance in favour of the defendant at the expense of the victim. That, say the police, is unfair to victims.
Victims gain nothing by unsafe convictions and miscarriages of justice.
In the name of a bogus 'victim's right' that is really the right of the police to shore up their case, the real rights of the accused are undermined. In fact real rights do not compete. The imaginary right of a victim to be excused cross-examination and the real rights of the accused seem to be in conflict, but that is because the special rights claimed on behalf of victims are not rights at all, just privileges. Real rights are equal for everyone. Only special privileges contradict each other.