Everything is politicized. So no crimes of wrongthink can be tolerated by the left. Every celebrity is now hounded by a new breed of social jusitce paparazzi waiting to pounce on some thoughtcrime of political incorrectness.
Her job as a scientist at the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission — irrefutably badass. Her platform to encourage and inspire women and children in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics — necessary. Her answer during the question portion of the pageant that healthcare is not a right, but a privilege that comes with having a job… controversial to say the least. Her answer to a pretty softball question about feminism that she prefers to call herself an “equalist” because she’s not one of those “diehards” who “doesn’t care about men” — a stone-cold bomb. And immediately following that…
Cue the outrage over an answer at a beauty pageant.
On Sunday, 25-year-old chemist Kára McCullough was scrutinized for one of her answers during the Miss USA pageant when she was asked whether health care is a privilege or a right.
“I’m definitely going to say it’s a privilege,” McCullough said. "As a government employee, I'm granted health care and I see firsthand that for one to have health care, you need to have jobs."
Social justice crybullies did not take long to attack. And the same media that claims conservatives are attacking female social justice advocates on Twitter joined in. And soon social justice was achieved.
"I would like to just take this moment to truly just clarify because I am a woman — I'm going to own what I said. I am privileged to have healthcare," Kara McCullough said on ABC's "Good Morning America."
"And I do believe that it should be a right and I hope and pray moving forward that healthcare is a right for all worldwide."
Now she just has to retract the equalism thing and the pitchforks will be put back in the closet.
"For me, where I work at with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, equalism is more of a term of understanding that no matter your gender, you are still given the same accolades on your work, so I believe [if] the person does a good job, they should be, you know, credited for that in a sense, but I don't want anyone to look at [it] as if I'm not all about women's rights because I am," McCullough said. "We deserve a lot when it comes to opportunity in the workplace as well as leadership positions."
There we go. All crimes against the left recanted.
The entire argument is absurd. Of course we're privileged to have health care. Or a house. Or a car. These are not rights. Just because something is vital and needed does not make it a right. Rights are freedoms we have from government authority. Getting something for free is not a right. It's charity. And charity is a wonderful thing. But if you haven't paid into it, it's not a right. If you're getting it for free, it's not a right.