Beard Liberation Front
Media Release
26th August
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Southern Rail comment about face masks as ‘beard hammocks’ slammed as pogonophobic
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that a comment by a train manager on a Southern Rail service that people were not wearing face masks correctly- as required by law- but using them as ‘beard hammocks’ was potentially pogonophobic.
The remark was noted on Twitter by Telegraph journalist Robbie Collin
Very funny impromptu announcement on @SouthernRailUK just now advising passengers to think of masks as “underwear for the face” which should be worn “covering mouth *and* nose, not as some kind of novelty beard hammock”. This should be the official government messaging (26th August)
The campaigners say that are 100% behind wearing face masks and there should be no problem with wearing a non-medical mask with a beard. However singling out beard wearers for not doing so is not such a good look.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, of course it was a joke, and the BLF which is often light hearted always enjoys a good joke. However care does need to be taken because while we can see its funny, there are always beard haters out there ready to take such remarks very seriously indeed.
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