Reply #26: Depends what you mean by judge [View All]

[Nikia]

I don't make a decision to exclude someone from being my friend, even a close friend, because they are Republican. I try to avoid talking about things we disagree on to the point that it would make either one of us upset. People have their reasons for political affiliation and no matter what you say, they will believe as they do, wrong as they may be.
That said, I like most other people cannot help but judge people on their opinions and values. I might think less of someone who believes that the poor should starve because it is the poor's fault that they are poor just as I might think less of someone who leaves a perfectly good spouse for someone with a lot of money who has swept them off their feet.