Can confirm. Average mason is a blue collar, fairly low IQ individual who aspires to be a step ahead of the Elks.
Yeah actually it is.
I've known 3 masons, a waiter in DC, a truck driver in MI, and a bus driver in NJ. All cognizant of the fact they were superior to the Knights of Columbus, all clueless about national affairs or politics, all utterly harmless.
Whatever is insidious about the masons is not universal, like almost every other organization.
Yes WND did a series of stories on the Hezbollah camps in Latin America years ago.