I am beginning to hate the word "non-judgmental".
There's a very insidious undertone to not "judging" someone. Often used against the marginalised to "not judge" them for their "lifestyle", the subtext of this is, people who are disabled, 2SLGBTQIA++, and racial minorities are inherently abnormal. People who practice polyamory (not to be confused with polygyny) and sex workers ought to be included here too. Sure, none of the above mentioned groups of people are common but implying that any of them are abnormal is classist at best and racist, homophobic, transphobic, and ableist at worst. And no, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and ableism is not simply causing inconveniences to people within these groups. They cause thousands if not tens of thousands of needless deaths around the world.
Now I'd say, let's judge!
Let's judge the men who think they're better than women.
Let's judge pedophiles who molest children.
Let's judge racist law enforcers trained in exclusionary supremacist systems.
Let's judge murderers who kill transwomen.
Let's judge!
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