Judging, Bigots and Bible-Thumpers, Oh My!
Margo Howard, advice columnist, recent published a letter by an African American male who stated that he is gay, but afraid to state this to his family since his family “are church folks and think all gays are gonna burn in hell.” Margo ever so tolerantly and delicately tries to avoid assumptions, mean-spirited name calling and prejudice, but doesn’t succeed when she includes in her answer an assesment of this man’s family based upon that ONE SENTENCE:
“the home folks are bigoted, limited Bible-thumpers”
If the man’s family thought gays were cool and were going to Heaven, would Margo have attacked them and called them what she did? I guess it doesn’t matter if you believe in God or quote from the Bible, as long as you’re perpetually calling everything and everyone hunky dory. THEN you’re not a Bible thumper, eh? Even though you’re still believing the same religion and quoting the same book. Yeah.
Same with the concept of “judging.” I happened upon a teen girl’s website journal a while back (I used to work on a network for women and teen girls) which had a list of things she “hated.” She listed so many things like “preppies” and such, and at the bottom she added that she hated, “people who judge.”
Interesting. Because what she was doing with her list WASN’T judging. Or maybe she was just admitting to being self-loathing.
Judging is always OK with people — when they’re being judged “in the right.” A judge does not ALWAYS deliver convictions and sentences, he or she also sometimes lets the defendant off the hook. Sometimes the plaintiff turns out to be the one who’s wrong. Is judging really something that no one should do? Is judging “bad”? Or is only judging things as “wrong” bad? Judging is apparently just fineroonie if you’re advocating whatever you’re judging. It’s only when you tell someone they’re wrong or that you don’t approve that they start bleating this “don’t be judgemental” crap. But it’s ok to be “judgemental” when you’re approving. Yeah. That makes sense. Not.
EVERYONE judges. And if you didn’t, you’d have no free choice whatsoever. So when you say, “Don’t judge me,” at least clarify it by honest and saying, “I don’t want you to tell me that I’m wrong, I want you to keep telling me whatever I think/say/feel is right because I want to feel good all the time and I don’t want to feel bad so lie to me if you have to and go against who you are and your own conscience if you must because MY feelings are all that matters.”
I’m sure that will go over really well with others. Try it.
Oh yeah and be sure to not even dare to think or believe anything that makes anyone else uncomfortable. Because then they have free reign to name call, be a bigot, treat you like crap, be intolerant and stupid, and break every rule they preach. This “love” and “tolerance” crap sure is one-sided. I bet even Margo thinks she’s “tolerant.” Earth to Margo: If you go around deciding that people are limited, Bible-thumping bigots based on one sentence, then you’re no better than anyone who intolerantly and bigotedly makes snap judgements about people based on circumstantial evidence and hearsay and passes condemnation on others because they think or believe differently. Note that this guy never said that his family preached to people, hurt anyone, advocated hurting anyone, or violating anyone’s rights. They simply BELIEVE something that Margo doesn’t. Apparently Margo thinks she’s so holier-than-thou that she has the right to be a big fat bigot herself and get away with it because the laws of reason and logic don’t apply to her because she holds a “popular” opinion.
Guess what? If people believe gays are going to hell (or to heaven for that matter), they’re ALLOWED to think that, and no one who preaches tolerance should open their fat mouths about it. Just because you’re liberal does not give you the right to condemn the thoughts and beliefs of other people, no matter how much you disagree with them. Only when they (or anyone else) actively breaks a law is it an issue. I’d rather not have the liberal partyline trying to dictate what I’m allowed to think and believe, thank you very much. “Free thinkers,” my ass.
your Origami reporter,
Josie
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