I was reviewing Dr. Martin Luther King Junior's famous speech when one line stood out to me: It is the second half that stood out to me. ". . . by the content of their character." More and more it seems that judgement based on character is condemned. We aren't supposed to judge criminals, they were driven to crime by society/parents/situation/bad luck/etc. We aren't supposed to judge politicians, even if they engage in back-room dealing, cronyism, adultery or other such actions. We aren't supposed to even judge politicians for failing to run the country properly or keeping their promises. We aren't supposed to judge workers for failing performance - we can expect a lawsuit if we fire them. We aren't supposed to judge CEOs for their failures, they get bailouts instead. We aren't supposed to judge people who break their word and default on their mortgages. More and more we are moving away from people being judged by the color of their skin, which is a good thing. Unfortunately it seems that at the same time we are moving away from holding people to any kind of character at all. I'm pretty sure this isn't the direction that MLK Jr. intended.
Corrupt politicians and criminals should be judged for what they do.....because peoples' actions reflect their character..... A person who leads a life of crime because they chose to.,....not because they were forced......They could have studied and worked hard in school in order to get the knowledge they needed to get into a good college and learn a trade........but they chose to take the quick and easy route and became criminals........and corruption is a very bad trait.....so it is not wrong to judge people for that behavior.
To hell with political correctness, judge people by their actions with no reservations. Homosexuality is a perversion. Adultery is a sin. Etc.... We do not have to live by the lowest denominator in order to be free.
I agree with you to a degree.... It's not wrong to judge people for their actions when those actions have negative affects on you. But it is wrong to judge people for actions that don't affect you. Such as smokingh pot or being gay.
I have no problem with people smoking pot or being gay as long as they keep it to themselves. Homosexuality is a perversion of nature, it should not be accepted as normal in society.
So you don't mind them gay as long as you don't have to see them kiss and stuff..... Sorry dude...not being offended is not a right...Gays have the right to do anything that straight couples are allowed to do..
Seeing them kiss is their own problem in society. Giving them special rights or societal acceptance is another.
I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a world where they will not be judged by their religion, but by the content of their character.
I think this is just a legitimate as the race issue. I do still feel that people should be judged by their character. If they adhere to good moral values and act well, they should be judged well. If they don't adhere to good moral values and act poorly, they should be judged poorly.
I don't know, Dr. King would probably have agreed with him. Regardless, adultery is a sign of bad character. If you can't hold your self to keep your marriage vows, how can you be trusted to keep your word on anything?
+1 Calling someone out for being wrong doesn't make you the bad guy. And I'm sick of politically correct society trying to act like it does simply because they are too feeble to hurt anyone's feelings. If you are forced to accept the immoral as no different than the moral, then morality loses all meaning. A thug is no different than a gentleman. A rapist is no different than a social worker. Osama bin Laden is no different than Mother Teresa.
