Please post the entirety of your online history.
Surely there’s no reason to hide.
Whether what you’ve done is entirely legal (or not) authoritariaism doesn’t care.
What is done in a free society is punished by small men with anger control issues.
What you may find reasonable to say in a free society, could, under a government opposed to free expression, land you in el Segundo - without your wallet.
The gestapo hide their faces because they know what they do is wrong, and to hide from justice.
People who protest or simply appreciate privacy do so because they understand the potential for retribution and being disappeared.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 14 hours ago
Protestors or vandals and rioters?
The former: to prevent government persecution and unfair retaliation. The latter: yes.
Ulrich@feddit.org 14 hours ago
Yes.
Why would they face persecution if they did nothing wrong!?
Tiger666@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
How is your flavor pallet after sucking so much leather?
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 14 hours ago
The government has always had it out for protestors, to the extent that they’ll try and use agents provocateur to escalate the situation. They don’t want people to protest, they just want people to life back and take it. C’mon, you seriously asking this?
Ulrich@feddit.org 14 hours ago
The point I’m trying to make is that everyone is wearing a mask for the same reason: to prevent retribution for their beliefs and according actions.