How Do You Prevent Yourself From Prejudging Others?

[bonobo]

All people pre-judge.  This is survival trait. Politically correct or not, most people would hesitate and get slightly anxious if a group of young men from whatever is the most economically depressed demographic from a region start boisterously walking towards the person in a secluded environment.  Or most of us would look with disdain at a shoeless, unkempt, filthy man who wanders into the posh restaurant.  We all pre-judge.

I think the key is to keep an open mind and be willing to throw out any pre-judgements and accept what new data can bring to us which might change our opinions.

[Travel2003]

Bullsh!t. How exactly do you sniff another dogs arse on the bloody internet, eh?

I think you did't understand the meaning of my post,or more likely i expressed myself poorly.

btw,the tone of your comment is not doing you any favour..

Now now Mau.....apparently you cannot judge people on the internet.......NanLaew is probably really good at polite reasoned debate.......

He just keeps it well hidden on occasion when he posts.....

Nobody prejudge anyone here on TV.

[Samuian]

Not to get punched in the face - dive....

no need to hate the one who tried to hit you!

and then invite him to have tea instead,

maybe made even a new friend!

[G54]

I agree that our senses do give us an initial reaction to a person but that does not make us judgemental. I think we can make a reasoned assessment of someone after a short period of time.

Judging people by what they say on an internet forum will never give you a true idea of what they are like, though there are cases where a person can be aggressive or otherwise generally obnoxious on a forum and that tends to make us automatically prejudge them to the point where we would not voluntarily meet them.

[doggie888888]

If you don't pre-judge, you can still turn out to be a judgemental person. Correct?

Pre-judge implies a certain point after which it is more acceptable to judge?

At some point in meeting new people, we all end up making judgements anyway, is it a matter of what criteria we use to judge? Appearances, character. wealth, postings on TV, intellect (or lack thereof), status?

Has anyone done a Myers Briggs test in their careers? I was a strong J type

[Travel2003]

I agree that our senses do give us an initial reaction to a person but that does not make us judgemental. I think we can make a reasoned assessment of someone after a short period of time.

Judging people by what they say on an internet forum will never give you a true idea of what they are like, though there are cases where a person can be aggressive or otherwise generally obnoxious on a forum and that tends to make us automatically prejudge them to the point where we would not voluntarily meet them.

I agree with you.

There are some members here that, based upon how they write, I would never want to meet.

Same probably goes for some members regarding me and how I write.

Can you imagine if one met them and they actually turned out to be nice and decent people?

What a nightmare.