08-19-2011, 01:08 PM
I can relate as I've wondered the same thing! I like to think of myself as a person who doesn't judge others, and in many areas this is true. But there was one group I found I kept judging, and that was those that judged... the Bible thumpers, right wing politicians/pundits, etc. Ultimately I realized that perhaps I wasn't as nonjudgmental as I thought but it was a difference between judging based on who someone is and someone's actions and that there also was a big difference between someone who makes a mistake and someone who continually spreads hate. I still like to think of myself as non-judgmental but I don't claim to be so as much out loud now. I wish I could say if we just show them love, they'll come to love us... but all the money that gets spent, I worry that it needs to be more of a fight sometimes.