Are Rotarians ignorant?

[Senior citizen]

The Rotary Club is a big supporter of our low income senior center, and every year they take a few of us to a hotel for a Christmas lunch. This year I was one of the chosen and enjoyed it very much. I truly appreciate all that the Rotary Club does to help low income seniors like myself.

Most of us have seen the stories about how there are many Americans who get all their news from FAUX and still think that Iraq had WMD, that we actually found WMD in Iraq, or that Sadaam had something to do with 9/11. We know there are a lot of ignorant people.

But the Rotarians don't appear to be ignorant. They all appear to be extremely successful, well-educated, intelligent folks. During the luncheon, they featured a letter written by a Rotary Club member who is in Iraq. He said that he believes that we must and can win this war. Everybody there seemed to agree. Well, except for me. I don't think we can win this war, and I certainly don't believe that winning this war is in any way necessary.

So what's with the Rotarians? Are they just uber-patriots--my country right or wrong types? Do they all depend on FAUX news? Are there some who disagree but simply keep silent as I did, believing that it would be improper to make a public fuss? Could most of them be actually profiting from the war? Could such well-dressed, presentable-looking people actually be as ignorant as they seem? What's up with Rotary?

[autorank]

1. Lyons work in the town, Optimists manage the town, Rotarians own the town

Nuf said. They are the petite establishment in their bergs. At least they get involved in charitable acts. Based on my experience, they are conservative politically.

[Kurt Remarque]

2. my experience with them...

i run a non-profit and found them to be country club repugs. willing to help people who they believe are in need through no fault of their own i.e. you can forget about the lazy homeless and those hedonistic addicts. they do try to function as the local "dads" but lay low. they have actually had some good projects here and there.

[Ellen Forradalom]

3. They are just reeeeeaaaaaallly conservative

They are definitely country-club types, with no motivation to change a system that does so well by them. Rotary is a rather hide-bound organization, very protocol and procedure oriented, very aware of hierarchy and status, and tremendously self-important.

They do have have some good things going, however, like the effort to eradicate polio, and projects to create low-cost shelter in India. So I wouldn't dismiss them out of hand.