A beard moves with a man's facial expressions, it doesn't hide them, as does the niqab, burqa, etc. A beard does not make it impossible to identify someone.

First we started by defending women against misogynistic patriarchal religion.

Then we started only doing that with Christianity and gave other religions a pass.

Then we started actually defending the misogyny as feminism if it came from non-Christian religions.

Then we will start pressuring all women to dress "modestly" so as not to offend the religious sensibilities of some communities.

The we will start seeing women being assaulted for not being "modestly dressed" in some neighborhoods, and blame them for "asking for it".

But we're men, so...who cares?