Degree of deference for a person should depend upon an open display. Not on disguise. Candor has always been the pride of man. Nobody looks at a lantern without light. In a free society like ours, nothing can be so oppressive as a secret about a public man.
Mystery unduly magnifies matters.
Haze adds an enchantment to the pursuit. A veil cannot hide the villain. Nor his villainy. In certain situations, decorum might dictate a diplomatic disguise. But the more one tries to conceal, the more one reveals.