In America the mask is an indication of wicked intentions.  Only when the mob gains total control will disguise be discarded; rationally unnecessary as brutality becomes normalized and regulated. CNN's Brooke Baldwin supplies masks for mobs by declining to call a mob a mob and by banning the word "mob" from her program.  In her words mobs, are not mobs; they are Republican talking points.  By this logic, an objective statement would read thus: "A Republican talking points chased down a 74-year-old man and bashed his car." Awkward construction, and as a nonconformist I decline to follow Baldwin's self-indulgent and self-protective rules.  A mob is a mob, and anyone policing the words of others is trying to cover up an uncomfortable reality.  I will not allow Brooke Baldwin to place a mask upon my words. In a later interview, Baldwin said, "Listen, I don't want to be the word police...(Read Full Post)