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Widows Sons

MarkR

Premium Member
There has been evidence shown that they did wear coordinating outfits/colors as a show of solidarity. During the Peasant's Revolt of 1381, there were men in several of the villages who wore white hoods with red tassels. Those at the Boston Tea Party were also similarly dressed, by some accounts as Indians or wearing face paint.

The Widow's Sons above are not "presenting themselves as representing Freemasonry." You are the one doing that.

I'm glad that here in Ohio, the Widow's Sons are embraced. They were recently in a parade during Home Day, an all-day event put on each year by the Ohio Masonic Home. I can't for the life of me understand why someone would attach so much importance to the way one group of Masons chooses to dress, while at the same time being a part of the Royal Order of Peacocks, where dressing up in the most absurd fashion is supposedly good for the Craft.

You must be deliberately ignoring the obvious, because you keep raising these clearly irrelevant comparisons. Nobody is threatened by the appearance of the Royal Order of Peacocks (I've never heard of them; do they really exist?), just like nobody is threatened by the appearance of Knights Templars in their plumed Captain Crunch hats (I believe you raised that comparison earlier.) People are threatened by the appearance of the Widow's Sons.
 

Glen Cook

G A Cook
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You still don't understand. Freemasonry is dieing because we don't ware our symbols we hide them so we won't show a bad light on masonry. But by doing that we can't show a good light either.
Well, there certainly is a tension there. I do not wear emblems when I do an interview about my client who is an alleged murderer. I will do so for an interview regarding the Scottish Association. The visible emblems, assuming not a face tattoo, can be removed
 

jvarnell

Premium Member
Or perhaps, Freemasonry is dying because we have opened the doors to so many who do not know the difference between what is portraying the Craft in bad light and what is good light.
No what is a bad light...we differ on what that is.
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jvarnell

Premium Member
As to the nature of the dress, please see the prior discussion of the widow patch with her in what I would describe as a lascivious pose. That was one reason the organization was not approved in Utah.
I do not know of any WS group that still wares that patch so should it be judged because you can not get rid of images on the internet.
 

Browncoat

Registered User
Unhelpful, mean spirited, and inaccurate. I'm not threatened. I ride and wear a patch. My issue was with that particular patch and the sponsorship of a vulgar web site.
Then it sounds like I'm not referring to you. Let's not put our aprons on too tight.

It's pretty obvious that there are some folks who take issue with the Widow's Sons. That's fine, and everyone is entitled to their opinion. However, the attempts to justify their stance are bogus. "The masses" aren't scared of and intimidated by the Widow's Sons. You can see scarier looking people at Walmart.

There are far more rider's groups who do more good than bad. Men who ride for charity and visit hospitals to deliver presents to kids @ Christmas and things like that. Sorry, but that old "bad boy" stereotype just doesn't hold water anymore. Yes, the 1%ers still exist, but they're just that. 1%.

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There is no official uniform of Freemasonry. These Widow's Sons could very easily belong to any of these other groups and wear a fez or a chapeau on a different day of the week. They're still Master Masons.
 
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jvarnell

Premium Member
I think if we ware our Masonic "Colors" no mater what we do as a hobby. And if we are a part of a Masonic bow hunting club where every member of that club had to be a MM of good standing to belong it would not have an edict against it.
 

Glen Cook

G A Cook
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I do not know of any WS group that still wares that patch so should it be judged because you can not get rid of images on the internet.
Good. I was not judging based on old images on the Internet. Note I used the past tense in referring to my action in 2008.
 

MarkR

Premium Member
Yes. The ones who have been posting in this thread.
I don't suppose you read the post I made earlier in this thread about parents hustling their kids out of the room when they came in and saw Widow's Sons in their "colors." But you just go on pretending that looking like a motorcycle gang isn't a deliberate thing to look "badass."
 

Glen Cook

G A Cook
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I think if we ware our Masonic "Colors" no mater what we do as a hobby. And if we are a part of a Masonic bow hunting club where every member of that club had to be a MM of good standing to belong it would not have an edict against it.
It would in many jurisdictions if it failed to seek permission to organize as a group with a Masonic prerequisite. It likely would in some jurisdictions if it maintained a "MILF" public page.
 

Browncoat

Registered User
I don't suppose you read the post I made earlier in this thread about parents hustling their kids out of the room when they came in and saw Widow's Sons in their "colors." But you just go on pretending that looking like a motorcycle gang isn't a deliberate thing to look "badass."
Yes, I read your post.

There are also old ladies who clutch their purses when a black kid walks by also. That doesn't mean that attitude is the overriding sentiment of society.

If you have read my previous posts, you would've found that I stated that the Widow's Sons clearly chose to dress this way. They absolutely chose the outlaw biker image, just as Commandery chose to look like some sort of flightless bird, just as Shriners chose to wear flower pots on their heads. Your argument still has no legs to stand on. The point is moot.
 

pointwithinacircle2

Rapscallion
Premium Member
.....Widow's Sons clearly chose to dress this way. They absolutely chose the outlaw biker image.....
Warning: The following comment is embarrassingly self revealing and has been hidden for your safety. It contains things you may not want to think about. Should you choose to view this comment simply highlight between the asterisks. The management cannot be held responsible should you attempt to read this comment. *****I own a bike and a black leather jacket. I am an aging baby boomer whose youthful vigor and sexual prowess is slowly slipping away. The respect that I receive in the world is slowly changing from "I wanna be like that Dude" to "I should help the old guy". It has been a long time since a strange woman looked at me suggestively (and the last time it happened I was riding my bike). So yeah, I wanna feel like a bad-ass one more time before I die. But, at the same time, I am mature enough to have learned that I am happiest when I color inside the lines. In my life, I sometimes I have to choose whether I want to be right, or want to be happy. Happy is usually a lot less work.*****
 
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MarkR

Premium Member
They absolutely chose the outlaw biker image . . . Your argument still has no legs to stand on. The point is moot.
You've made my argument. "Outlaw image" and Freemasonry are not compatible. You want to run around looking badass? Fine. Just leave the square and compass out of it.

This is my last post on this issue. I promise. Nobody is changing anybody's opinion. I've made mine clear.
 

jvarnell

Premium Member
Yes, I read your post.

There are also old ladies who clutch their purses when a black kid walks by also. That doesn't mean that attitude is the overriding sentiment of society.

If you have read my previous posts, you would've found that I stated that the Widow's Sons clearly chose to dress this way. They absolutely chose the outlaw biker image, just as Commandery chose to look like some sort of flightless bird, just as Shriners chose to wear flower pots on their heads. Your argument still has no legs to stand on. The point is moot.
And some of the lodges chose to ware suits to lodge which could be mistaken as a outlaw banker.....lol
 

jvarnell

Premium Member
You've made my argument. "Outlaw image" and Freemasonry are not compatible. You want to run around looking badass? Fine. Just leave the square and compass out of it.

This is my last post on this issue. I promise. Nobody is changing anybody's opinion. I've made mine clear.
If you want to run around looking like you are a part of the Outlaw banker image you should do the same. I don't see what I ware makes me anything. it is what is in my hart. I try not to judge anyone by what they ware because. Look at what most real millionaire ware, drive, and so on. someone could be the millionaire next door, millionaire in your lodge or millionaire working in your office without you knowing it.
 

Glen Cook

G A Cook
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If you want to run around looking like you are a part of the Outlaw banker image you should do the same. I don't see what I ware makes me anything. it is what is in my hart. I try not to judge anyone by what they ware because. Look at what most real millionaire ware, drive, and so on. someone could be the millionaire next door, millionaire in your lodge or millionaire working in your office without you knowing it.
Except that a vest at $80, not counting patches, is as much as a sport jacket.
Sometimes, what you wear expresses what is in your heart.
 

jvarnell

Premium Member
Except that a vest at $80, not counting patches, is as much as a sport jacket.
Sometimes, what you wear expresses what is in your heart.
The vest is protection for your skin. If I had not been wearing my vest when I was hit on the freeway my back would have been raw meat. I only paid $35 for it but it did its job. You did not get what I said about the outlaw bankers I guess. They are also called 1%er by some people (wallstreet protesters). I know they are not bad also because I am one of them too. Do we as masons not ware suits because the wallstreet protester my associate mason as with people they think are bad?
 
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