If you make a fist like that, even if you’re as weak as xir looks, you will break your thumb. This is not something you learn in an advanced combat training class, it’s what every man learns when he is 8.
In what world did these loonies come of age?
Why aren’t the LEOs unmasking these people in the 1st place. Wearing a mask strongly tells you are about to commit a crime and remain anonymous. Robbers – rapists – gang bangers – looters all wear masks.
Rip those things off is accosted – they will run like a little bitch, afraid they will become identified
They don’t unmask them because the politicians will not allow it. They encourage these knuckleheads because (presumably) the underlying premise is anti-fascism. It’s a game they’re playing where the words are mismatched with the actions of the players. In the end the politicians appear to be just and upright representatives supporting a noble cause, in actuality they could care less about the population as long as they enjoy power.
Wearing a mask is empowering. The wearer feels invincible and empowered to act in a way that they never could without the mask. You’re right though, strip the mask from their faces and they revert to mamma’s little boy.
That’s the thumb they suck on. They are protecting it.