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Freemasons

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The Resume

    (1717- )
    Founded in England
    Lodges began to appear in the American colonies in the 1730's
    Pope Clement XII banned it from the Catholic faith (1738)
    Presidential masons: Gerald Ford, William McKinley, James Garfield,Theodore Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S Truman, Warren G. Harding,William Howard Taft, Andrew Johnson, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, James Polk, James Buchanan, Lyndon B. Johnson and Ronald Reagan

Why Freemasons might be annoying:

    They are sometimes classified as a secret society, even though almost everyone has heard about them.
    It is widely believed that Jack the Ripper was a Mason.
    Today they sell countless numbers of stupid souvenirs.
    Many believe that the group is satanic or anti-christian.
    Albert Pike, believed to be a founding member of the Ku Klux Klan, was a mason.
    Their rituals are copied by other groups, including the Skull and Bones society at Yale.
    Conspiracy chasers believe that Washington, DC is built on the patterns of masonic symbols, including pentagrams.
    Their ranks include: Benedict Arnold, Napoleon Bonaparte, Jesse Helms, Samuel Hahnemann and Charles Lindbergh.

Why Freemasons might not be annoying:

    8 out of the 56 signatures on the Declaration of Independence belonged to Masons. 9 of the signatures on the Constitution belonged to Masons.
    They believe in democracy, free elections, and the separation of church and state.
    Hitler and most of the dictators of the past century hate them.
    They had a big role in the founding of The United States of America.
    Their ranks include: George Washington, Ben Franklin, John Wayne, Thomas Jefferson, Paul Revere, Dave Thomas, Peter Sellers, Winston Churchill, Telly Savalas, The Ringling Brothers, John Glenn, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, Brigham Young and Houdini.
    They were pariodied in the Simpson's Stonecutters episode.

Credit: James Ballantine


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    In 2023, Out of 18 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 14 Votes: 21.43% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 58 Votes: 48.28% Annoying
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    In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 32 Votes: 59.38% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 273 Votes: 66.30% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 80 Votes: 67.50% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 151 Votes: 60.93% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 91 Votes: 54.95% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 143 Votes: 58.74% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 252 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 181 Votes: 47.51% Annoying