For years, teens and adults alike have been judged for what they choose to like or dislike. Whether it be in the terms of music, clothing, stereotypes, schools, people: anything. Each and every one of us are judged each and every day.
My question is, why judge anyone when you are judged yourself? It’s hypocritical to judge others when the same thing is being done to you. We are all different, and we should all be accepted for who we are individually. No one should conform to anything in particular if you feel you don’t belong in it, just to be accepted. Too many people end up changing the people they really are because they are more focused on being accepted for something they aren’t. Society nowadays somewhat forces people to conform to things they don’t like, sort of to simplify things. The fact is, life isn’t “simple” and it never will be. Everyone is different in their own ways and no one has the right to say other wise.
Everyone should show who they are on the inside instead of changing themselves to seem “cool” or “popular,” or simply accepted. We see it everywhere: in schools, jobs, homes, you name it. The fact is, everyone judges someone at least once. We can’t help it. It’s simply human nature to do so. It’s like a double-edged sword situation where we don’t like being judged, but none of us can just “stop” judging others.
In my opinion, we all judge and are judged and we shouldn’t complain when we are judged by others. None of us are perfect, we all have our flaws. No matter how much someone appears to be “perfect” and happy, no one really knows who they are on the inside, because we are all so wrapped up in appearing to be the “perfect person we always wanted to be.”
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I absolutely agree with this. It seems to me that society tries to fit us into categories that most people do not agree with. It’s almost as if the world wants itself to be a utopia, but this can never happen. As long as humans have the logic and opinions they do now, it is impossible for the world to make itself perfect.
i completely agree, society nowadays wants to coform people into what they consider “perfect order”.
I agree with this, except for one thing. It’s not just society nowadays that’s been judging people, but societies from the dawn of time. For example, the caste system in Hindu cultures or the slave system in antebellum America. Now, we just judge people based on different things. Honestly, I think we’re improving a little though. I’m pretty sure I’d rather be judged by who I hang out with than my race or whether or not my parents were famous aristocrats.
Well, i do agree that particular judgement has been around since the dawn of time, but nowadays in particular it is growing increasingly worse.
Well, are people getting burned at the stake for not wearing Hollister? I mean, we really don’t know how it was back then because we weren’t alive. I do think it’s really bad to judge people, but we should be able to shrug it off. Not everyone we meet is gonna like us and that’s just a simple fact of life we have to accept. The only thing we can do is set an example for others.
really society hasn’t “changed” except for their form of punishment, we may not be hanging people and burning them at the stake but we still treat people unfairly, and sadly, that probably won’t change anytime soon.
Yes, we SHOULD be able to just shrug off senseless judgements, but sometimes people can’t help but be hurt by some of the judgements passed on them.
I completely agree that not everyone is going to like us and there is nothing we can do about that.
Judging is not necessarily a bad thing. Irrelevant stuff, like chelliejellie10 comments about not having the latest brand name is trivial, middleschoolish, and childish. However, not all judgments are inherently bad. When we are morally or just plain wrong than someone needs to have the audacity to step to the plate and point it out.
I disagree. If someone would like to wear one thing. But wears something else in order to “fit in” then they are showing who they really are. They are a conformist a follower etc. Who you are is made up of your choices not inherent character.
Judging is also not inherently bad. Judging is not hypocritical unless you also are guilty of the same thing. But one person who eats too much and doenst want to be judged for that, can still judge someone who cheats on their girlfriend(so long as he doesn’t do the same thing).