Masquerading Malice

Masquerade

 noun

mas·​quer·​ade | \ ˌma-skə-ˈrād  (Merriam-Webster)

Definition
of masquerade

 (Entry 1 of 2)

1a: a social gathering of persons
wearing masks and often fantastic costumes

b: a costume for wear at such a
gathering

2: an action or appearance that is
mere disguise or show



It would be appropriate to begin this column with how and
why masked
customers chased a maskless customer from a Shoprite
storei in Staten Island.. NY. However, the masked customers do not own the
store (unless they’re shareholders), and so had no right to “evict” the
maskless customer by mob action or otherwise. That should have been the freedom
of the proprietor to do business with the maskless customer or not. The incident
was a min-prelude of the anarchic mob
mentality chaos now ravaging the country.  But governor Andrew Cuomo has given “permission”
to private businesses  to maskless people
from entering their stores. “  "That store owner has a right to
protect himself," Cuomo said at his daily Coronavirus briefing. "That
store owner has a right to protect the other patrons in that store…”  But he has no rights, or otherwise. Rights?
What are those? The concept is alien to Cuomo.




This is the
same governor who ordered Covid-19 patients 
be put into nursing homes which resulted in over 1,700 deaths. The state fudged the number of people who died from Covid-19 or from pre-conditions that
had nothing to do with the virus. Exactly how many nursing home residents have died remains
uncertain despite the state's latest disclosure, as the list doesn't nursing
home residents who were transferred to hospitals before dying. The revised list
shows that 22 nursing homes, largely in New York City and Long Island, have
reported at least 40 deaths. Cuomo granted the nursing home executives immunity from the legal responsibility of
causing patient deaths.




In the meantime,
in San Francisco, which has joined the mask mania, passed a law that requires everyone to wear face masks when outside their
homes, and especially in restaurants. And wherever else groups of people gather
in small or large numbers .  This is not
the San Francisco of Cyrus Skeen or Sam Spade..The San Francisco Chronicle
published a guide for the simple-minded about the new distancing rules, comparing the social distance
between people and a Muni bus, a cable car, sidewalk squares..




 One blog laughs at the purpose of healthy people wearing masks, to protect
themselves when they are actually harming themselves by donning  masks ,  even while they’re driving behind a ton of
glass and steel.

What is so obvious
now are the totalitarian urges of so many state governors and municipal
“authorities.”  The compulsion to render
Americans  submissive,  helpless and  mentally “manageable” in a regulated society
and in a statist political environment in which one’s actions and behavior are
controlled by “authorities,” have bared the actions and policies motives and designs
of the controllers. They want people to adopt and accept a lockstep mode of
living.  They want everyone to  wear masks and look like they’ve been
captured by alien invaders






NBC calls riots
“protests.” Some
on the left have argued that “rioting” is some kind of legitimate form of
protest.” The outrage in the name of George Floyd is but a masquerade,to disguise a sheer lust for destruction.





One unintended
consequence of universal lockdowns, “stay at home” mandates, and shutdowns is
reported by Fox News is the rise in sexually transmitted diseases together with
a rush on condoms in Canada. If and when the virus “crisis” has passes, there will
be a new “baby boomer” generation come the end of 2020.



I end this column with a note of levity. After reading all of today's news I had to grant myself a much needed chuckle.