I wonder if that's possibly because of what happened to peaceful protesters at J6 who chose to not conceal their identities while protesting and ultimately got locked up indefinitely for nothing.

I dunno if these people were feds or not, but if they were, I swear part of the goal of the operation would be to convince real patriots to never conceal their identity, thus making them easier to imprison. It's a brilliant move, to be honest, and we're falling for it hook line and sinker.