I'm not trying to be an asshole, but I think people are LESS judgmental nowadays, considering we have graduated from enslavement, the burning of women whom we consider to be witches, waging massive bloody holy wars against people who did not share our religion, killing and scalping Native Americans and raping their wives and leaving the poor on the streets to starve to death and die.
Hell, even more recent history suggests that we have gotten better as a society. We've recently graduated past lynching black people, gay people and other minorities for fun within organized groups. Now if a person is lynched it's a national controversy. People are still judgmental, but considering that, 30-40 years ago the color of your skin would have inhibited you from walking into a bar or being a single mother would have effectively outcasted you from society, I'd say we've come a pretty long way.
I'm not saying that we haven't come a long way. I'm saying that the individual is judgmental. I'm assuming the OP is in her late teens or early 20s. When we mature we become more tolerant of others. However, young people nowadays can be very judgmental. As a society we have progressed but there are still many individuals who really only like to be around people like them.
You're right but that is nothing new. We're progressing towards a more socially ethical society so when we have to deal with people that are still lagging in a few quarters it's just such a waste of energy. Education has become so prevalent that many of us now know that there are other options besides negativity and fighting those you don't like, but those that have not gotten the grasp of that are twice as annoying any anyone with more than a couple of brain cells =/ We're going through a period of ethical evolution, it'll take a while.
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I'm not trying to be an asshole, but I think people are LESS judgmental nowadays, considering we have graduated from enslavement, the burning of women whom we consider to be witches, waging massive bloody holy wars against people who did not share our religion, killing and scalping Native Americans and raping their wives and leaving the poor on the streets to starve to death and die.
Hell, even more recent history suggests that we have gotten better as a society. We've recently graduated past lynching black people, gay people and other minorities for fun within organized groups. Now if a person is lynched it's a national controversy. People are still judgmental, but considering that, 30-40 years ago the color of your skin would have inhibited you from walking into a bar or being a single mother would have effectively outcasted you from society, I'd say we've come a pretty long way.
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I'm not saying that we haven't come a long way. I'm saying that the individual is judgmental. I'm assuming the OP is in her late teens or early 20s. When we mature we become more tolerant of others. However, young people nowadays can be very judgmental. As a society we have progressed but there are still many individuals who really only like to be around people like them.
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You're right but that is nothing new. We're progressing towards a more socially ethical society so when we have to deal with people that are still lagging in a few quarters it's just such a waste of energy. Education has become so prevalent that many of us now know that there are other options besides negativity and fighting those you don't like, but those that have not gotten the grasp of that are twice as annoying any anyone with more than a couple of brain cells =/ We're going through a period of ethical evolution, it'll take a while.
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I agree on your points, I also agree that it will take a while.