If it ever becomes a crime to cover one's face in public in the US, I will go out in a Guy Fawkes mask as often as possible.

Although, for ID purposes, it does seem insane to allow people to have their faces covered in their ID picture; I mean, could be anyone under there and that defeats the purpose of ID. Should this part of the comment be directed at htpcl?

And....xenophobia rears its ugly head again, this shouldn't be too surprising.

Distasteful, yes; shocking, no.