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Re:I Got Catfished by a Candidate by M_Bakhtiari on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @01:52AM (#17080278)
It’s important to note that most responses here will come from Americans, who aren’t exactly known for their Masonic ideological purity.

I probably wouldn’t care about an American candidate, but I would never consider hiring someone who turns out to be a European Freemason any more than I would hire a neo-nazi.

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Re:I Got Catfished by a Candidate by inertiatic on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @02:20AM (#17080366)
Could you elaborate?
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Re:I Got Catfished by a Candidate by wl on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @03:15PM (#17085528)
It is ignorant and defamatory to imply European Freemasonry is in any way comparable to neo-Nazism. Indeed, the Nazis suppressed Freemasonry because it opposed Nazism. It is obvious that the majority of the parent commenter's supposed knowledge about Freemasonry ultimately comes from a long line of anti-Masons who lie about the fraternity because of ideological disagreement with the craft or because the craft makes a convenient scapegoat. The latter is especially prominent in Turkey, which may be relevant here given a post about Turkish orthography in the parent poster's history. If there were any specific allegations to rebut, I'd gladly do so. However, vague allegations are impossible to counter.

This does not belong on Hacker News. Flagged.

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