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PSA: There’s a difference between wearing a mask or respirator & wearing a gaiter or face covering to disguise identity. It’s important to discern & communicate this nuance because if you don’t, you might encourage elected officials to ban masks for everyone, which would be a public health disaster.

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I just wish the conservatives could recognize the hypocrisy within the movement. Anti mask or pro mask, you can't be both. But I also understand that fascists don't care about political consistency, they only care about the power to oppress

I really don't think the difference matters. If we allow that gaiters are a dangerous identity concealer the same reasoning will be applied to medical masks that similarly cover skin. How about we just use the word "unidentified" - since what we really want the right to is a name, not a nose-bridge.

The emphasis should be on names and badge numbers, like normal police; their are legitimate reasons to have respirators, but there’s no legitimate reason to have unidentified officers grabbing people off the street without due process