Our experience with these assholes in Ottawa was that they would show a friendly face to those people they figured would be sympathetic to them or when they were on camera — singing, dancing, free food, bouncy castles, hot tubs — and let the mask slip when they were roaming the neighbourhood. Lots of reports of vandalism, harassment and assaults, particularly against BIPOC and LGBT people and their allies, and anyone wearing a mask.
It’s nothing but cosplay. Drive around the suburbs in an F-150 and buy an AR-15 with thousands of dollars of accessories and pretend you’re economically distressed.