# Secret society announcement **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 25, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-society-announcement/807466 "2018-01-25T18:15:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-society-announcement/807466/1 "2018-01-25T18:15:05Z")
I would like to set the record straight: I’m part of a secret society that is opposed to Trump. Every once in a while, I join a few other Washingtonians, have drinks, and discuss what a total flaming disaster Trump is. None of these people I conspire with happen to work at the FBI, but I’m willing to guess that there are several thousand secret societies within 20 miles of where I’m sitting who do the same thing. And I’m virtually certain that the ringleaders of these cabals include deep state operatives who work in places like the IRS, the Pentagon, the judiciary, the National Institutes of Health, the US Postal Service, and even the Executive Office of the President. If you would like to join my secret society, it costs, uh, $25. PM me and I’ll tell you where a dead drop is for you to leave cash for your dues. And, uh, I’ll be in contact… when the coast is clear… be patient. But definitely give me the cash. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-society-announcement/807466/2 "2018-01-25T18:22:17Z")
I’m a member of a society that’s so secret, the members almost never meet face to face and all use pseudonyms. This society has been hiding in plain sight for close to two decades. On the surface it may look like a group of people getting together to chit chat about their daily lives, arts and entertainment, and factual questions. But, in reality it fairly oozes anti-Trump sentiment. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-society-announcement/807466/3 "2018-01-25T18:23:42Z")
Got news for you: That society is far from secret. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-society-announcement/807466/4 "2018-01-25T18:45:21Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I’m a member of a society that’s so secret, the members almost never meet face to face and all use pseudonyms. This society has been hiding in plain sight for close to two decades. On the surface it may look like a group of people getting together to chit chat about their daily lives, arts and entertainment, and factual questions. But, in reality it fairly oozes anti-Trump sentiment. Yes, but my secret society is far more expensive. I mean, elite. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-society-announcement/807466/5 "2018-01-25T19:09:48Z")
Can a secret society that isn’t a secret still be considered to be a secret society? Unless it’s a trademarked name, of course. I’ve enclosed a $25 bill in a black envelope and taped it to my laptop’s wireless card. Please feel free to download it at your convenience. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-society-announcement/807466/6 "2018-01-25T19:18:05Z")
Or, and this is radical, or some of us could just meet for drinks when we’re close enough. Just a thought. Probably a bad idea. None of you really like drinks or coffee even. Just forget I mentioned it. I, too, am taping a $25 bill to my wireless card. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-society-announcement/807466/7 "2018-01-25T19:18:57Z")
My secret society is much the same as **Ravenman** ’s. We meet once a week in a furtive, anarchistic coffee house to discuss strategies to oppose and otherwise frustrate Trump and his policies at every turn. We indulge in wild fantasies of things we’d like to see happen to him. We are united in our cause because we are distressed and alarmed to see a bald-faced, lying, uneducated, dangerous racist criminal representing our country at the highest level. Where I live, you can’t swing a cat without hitting a couple hundred more secret societies like ours. People like us have infested all walks of life here: They serve coffee, work at Home Depot, bag your groceries, and yes – they even work in government. Call me crazy, but I believe some FBI agents are strongly opposed to criminals, too. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-society-announcement/807466/8 "2018-01-25T21:24:22Z")
Dues to join a secret society that I’m not supposed to talk about? Isn’t that hush money? If you charged me a young dog instead, would that be a hush puppy? If I had to sing a good night song at the initiation would that be a hush-a-bye? Hushtag inquiring minds ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-society-announcement/807466/9 "2018-01-25T21:30:46Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > My secret society is much the same as **Ravenman** ’s. > > We meet once a week in a furtive, anarchistic coffee house to discuss strategies to oppose and otherwise frustrate Trump and his policies at every turn. > > . . . > > Call me crazy, but I believe some FBI agents are strongly opposed to criminals, too. The funniest thing about all this is that the FBI overall has a very conservative, authority driven, and patriarchal bent. I’ve never known a progressive or liberal FBI agent, and there are quite few where I live. But boy oh boy are they ever unhappy with President Trump! He’s right about that. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-society-announcement/807466/10 "2018-01-25T21:32:02Z")
How can your secret society be any good if I’ve never heard of it?? Riddle me that! ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-society-announcement/807466/11 "2018-01-26T01:35:25Z")
Somebody tweeted about! It MUST be true! Also Fox news. They said so. I’m convinced. Oh wait, never mind. Different secret society. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-society-announcement/807466/12 "2018-01-26T01:48:59Z")
Sounds all right, but I already belong to a _far_ more exclusive secret society. So exclusive, in fact, that I’m the only member. You can pay a $100 fee to be put on the waiting list, though. You’ll hear back as soon as a slot opens up. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-society-announcement/807466/13 "2018-01-26T01:54:06Z")
Are you going to get a bunch of monkeys and dress them up and recreate the civil war? It couldn’t hurt. Unless the monkeys started hurting people. Which that almost certainly would. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-society-announcement/807466/14 "2018-01-26T02:07:49Z")
My secret society is so secret that even the members don’t know they belong to it. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-society-announcement/807466/15 "2018-01-26T02:10:47Z")
I would never join a secret society that would have someone like me as a member. Unless my membership was secret. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-society-announcement/807466/16 "2018-01-26T02:13:26Z")
_Makes the sound of a dying giraffe_ ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-society-announcement/807466/17 "2018-01-28T00:24:35Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Are you going to get a bunch of monkeys and dress them up and recreate the civil war? It couldn’t hurt. Unless the monkeys started hurting people. Which that almost certainly would. Better use the [Batley Townswomens’ Guild](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce2jEDfPwG8), instead! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-society-announcement/807466/18 "2018-01-28T04:52:47Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Or, and this is radical, or some of us could just meet for drinks when we’re close enough. Just a thought. Probably a bad idea. None of you really like drinks or coffee even. Just forget I mentioned it. > > I, too, am taping a $25 bill to my wireless card. 😛 My wireless card is rather intermittent these days, our banknotes are made of plastic, and I live in Canada, so will you accept a $2 coin taped to my USB port? It’s USB 3, if that helps. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Crap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.crap/32/3131_2.png) [@Dr.Crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Crap)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-society-announcement/807466/19 "2018-01-28T10:42:05Z")
I’m a Know Nothing! But you already knew that. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-society-announcement/807466/20 "2018-01-28T11:56:28Z")
> [@Dr.Crap](#): > > I’m a Know Nothing! Not to make it _that_ kind of thread, but the Know-Nothings, or the Native American Party, were very much anti-immigration, hence the name: They were nativist, as in they only wanted native Americans, as in the White people who were already here, and none of those people who’d only immigrated one generation ago as opposed to two or three. They were also anti-Catholic and conspiracy theory mongers. Just evidence that some political disputes are evergreen, I suppose. Lincoln had some choice words about them: > [@Abraham Lincoln](#): > > I am not a Know-Nothing – that is certain. How could I be? How can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor of degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that ‘all men are created equal.’ We now practically read it ‘all men are created equal, except negroes.’ When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read ‘all men are created equals, except negroes and foreigners and Catholics.’ When it comes to that I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-society-announcement/807466.md?page=2)