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[DC] Is Rorshach actually afraid of people knowing his identity?

If I'm correct, Rorshach is supposed to be a figure to represent the disconnection from society. He rejects the name and the face that it has given him so he made his own. 
Is he actually afraid of people knowing who he is or what he looks like as long as he doesn't have to take off his mask? What would he have to lose?
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He doesn't really care that people know who Walter Kovacs is. However, he personally takes issue with the Kovacs persona. Rorschach thinks of himself as Rorschach, and "Kovacs" was just a weakling who was born of and abused by a corrupt and immoral society. Walter Kovacs is just a mask, a disguise he can wear in public. Nobody sees him, no one cares about an ugly bum. If people knew that he and Rorschach were the same person it would be inconvenient, but in actuality who's going to keep tabs on a crazy homeless guy? He lays low for a while, and people will forget all about him.