How do you know someone is part of a "secret society"? They'll tell you.

We're not a secret society. We're a society with secrets.

A secret society is a club or organization whose activities, events, and inner functioning are concealed from non-members. The society may or may not attempt to conceal its existence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_society

If they're supposed to be secret, they're doing a fairly poor job of it.

I am as well (Gray Lodge, Houston).

I've found that nobody likes to make fun of Freemasonry and all the conspiracy theories surrounding the organization more than us Masons ourselves. :)

Yes, of course the lower echelons of Freemasonry are completely oblivious and makes for plausible denial for the organization as a 'hole' (pun-intended).

Wow - I never expected to find Freemasons on HN. Don't know why but i thought it was a) dying out and b)it was for old people. Well older than my 43 years of age :)

You'd be surprised. Most of the guys in my lodge are younger than 45 and many work in technology.

> I'm a Freemason.

Then you ought to know the difference between a disclaimer and a disclosure. (But don't feel bad, almost no-one else here does either...)