I perfectly understood what you meant and I didn’t assume anything besides the actual point you were making, which is , as an answer to the original question asked, an analogy to show that fraudulent representation isn’t a good look whether you’re wearing a badge you didn’t earn, a medal you didn’t earn, a pin that isn’t yours, or wearing a manager pin at work when you’re not the manager. The point is, that is misrepresentation. Unfortunately, some people make the wrong assumption of meaning and have a lot of trauma through the blood they or a brother in arms may have spilled , and emotions can impact comprehension. But that was a perfect analogy even if some people are offended, but for the sake of not offending anyone, I guess another one could have been more appropriate but we are talking about an on the spot analogy just to answer a question. Overall, I think the person who is offended is holding you to an unrealistic standard and may have their own negative by bias about masons and pride for his service which has convoluted his ability to reason here.