by Christopher Hodapp
An article in yesterday's London Standard features a lineup of several young GenZ English Freemasons in an apparent demonstration that Masons are far from the sinister, altogether spooky, mysterious and ooky image the press has tried to cultivate around us for the last 40 years.
See: TikTok, temples and techno: Meet the new freemasons HERE
(Notice that the UK press just can't respect our fraternity enough to capitalize the word "Freemason" in their articles and headlines.)
The reporter seems stunned to discover they're really just regular blokes after all. It's at least an improvement over the usual stories they've been printing about Masons since — I dunno — the Thatcher administration.
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