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Activists (presumably pro-DRV) wearing masks to hide their identities in case of capture and interrogation, Vietnam, 1972 (media.piefed.social)
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[โ€“] Ethalis@jlai.lu 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Wearing masks to hide their identities in case of capture? Am I missing something or is there a reason why their captors wouldn't just remove their masks?

Edit : I'm dumb. It's to protect EACH OTHER's identities in case one of them is captured. My bad

[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 7 points 2 months ago

Wearing masks so they can't identify any of the other activists if they're tortured by the authorities - they don't know what each other look like, and presumably don't share their real names with each other.