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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Whenever there's a "don't judge" statement, I always remember this post from Tyler The Creator.

Due to primal instincts, it's inevitable that we judge. So judge, but don't discriminate. Seems like a good system to me. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like that uses a loaded connotation of the word discriminate. That word really just means to differentiate things from each other or discern distinct things.

I think a better way to say it would be: “judge, but don’t pre-judge.”

As long as you’re actually judging evidence in front of you, great. If you’re making shortcuts to judgments using superficial cues, that’s where you run into trouble.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's a good way of putting it.