Burqas, I do think there is something positive behind it

Let me go on one of my usual rants.
Today I read a piece about a Norwegian anti-islamic Facebook group where people confused empty bus seats for people wearing burqas. Ok......? It sounds pretty unlikely for that to happen, is that right? Just search for "empty bus seat burqa" and you'll see, and maybe have a good laugh about it.

Disclaimer here: I do not have faith in any religion, I am not defending any ideology or group, I am solely expressing my personal opinion and view on this specific topic.

The thing is, I can understand how people feel like looking at a person in the face is essential for identification and communication and other purposes. We rely very much on our primary sensory input, vision. Sometimes, I think we rely too heavily on it. We live currently in a society of appearances. The instagram selfies of you fantastic your life is (more like not), the body culture where people try harder and harder to reach an ideal, all the makeup and cosmetics industry striving to make people look better, younger. I once read that now even handyman have pictures online you can look at how they look when choosing their services. I mean, come on, what does looks have to do with how good you are at plumbing?! I'm not saying to wrong to try to look better, more attractive, what I'm saying is that it's too much.
Talking to a person in burqa, how is it worse than talking to a person through phone, sms, chats or any other internet service? You can still identify a person by voice, by mannerisms and behavior, can you not?
The whole point of loving someone for who they are and not how they look, isn't a burqa something that conveys that? All this crappy propaganda about how to love yourself for who you are and no matter how your body looks you are beautiful, that is crap when you ask someone to take off what they are wearing so you can see them. If a relationship is good independently of how the other person looks, does it make a difference if it's covered from head to toe or if it's naked?
Christianity preaches chastity and modesty, how hypocrite would they be to turn to Islam and point the finger on this matter? Isn't a burqa all about chastity and modesty?
I understand that some people say the girls and women wear burqas to hide their body, like they are ashamed or something. How about I disagree? Other than hiding, how about protecting their body? I don't feel comfortable wearing too little, I'm just saying. Too much cleavage and too much skin, that's not for me. Maybe I'm not alone. I do understand that some people wear their religious outfit or symbols (pardon my ignorance but I don't know how to call them), because they genuinely want to, it's what makes them feel comfortable.
Say, there is a place that everyone has to wear uniform, same for everyone, and no religious symbols are allowed, not a cross, not a Buddha pendant, then it makes sense not allowing burqas to be worn. But other than that, people have their freedom to wear whatever they want, don't they?