Thanks for the article. Being able to see each other’s face makes good social sense. A lot of nonverbal communication takes place via facial expression. That’s why emails can cause problems because you can’t see if the person is smiling or serious. Hence, the use of emojis.
Although a separate issue, I would also like to see protestors like Antifa members be prohibited from masking their faces. I think one should be able to see who is screaming at you or breaking a store window.
I don’t agree that it’s a separate issue...... whether the masking is because of some moose-limb belief or because of antifa thuggery, it has the same effect of preventing one from seeing his/her face. The masked one can be peaceful or violent but masking is masking is masking and that simply isn’t part of what a civil society does. Besides, there have been plenty of suicide terrorist bomb attacks where it was a guy under the garb.