How judgmental are you?

I have to say I never thought of you for one minute as a "stereotype", Nellie. I have always read your contributions with interest because you talk about things that many of us have never experienced. I have always admired your courage and honesty in describing the very difficult situation that you have to deal with.
I am very glad that posting on here has helped you as it has helped me on numerous occasions.
I will say it once more and then I will shut up (honest). I would never dream of judging anyone because of the way they vote or the paper they read or the choices they have made. I don't / can't know the whole person and it is none of my business anyway.
I will continue to express my views as eloquently as I can, especially on subjects about which I am passionate. They in no way constitute an attack on anyone else.

I am quite sad about the disruptive effect of this thread. Luckily we still have some light-hearted ones where we can all get along together. I've already said that I don't judge anyone on the basis of the paper they read, even though I may abhor its editorial attitudes. Similarly I don't expect to be denigrated for being a Guardian reader. I can sort the wheat from the chaff in that and any other newspaper. There's a lot more to me than the label 'Guardian reader' as there is a lot more to anyone who happens to enjoy the DM. Either of these is a lazy way of categorising someone.

I never buy a newspaper x

Or read one x

Probably very wise, Zengran.

I gave up buying newspapers when one day I counted up the cost on a yearly basis,if I bought The Daily Mail for instance it would cost approx £268.00 per year so I read a mixture of papers on line and put the saving towards my TV package which gives me internet access to read anything I want to and of course my access to GN.
nellie nellie I think you are fab and stand up anyone who has the perfect family as I know I certainly don't and never will have.

glamma I dont think there is such a thing as a perfect family!

I have never met a perfect family, I have met one or two who think they are, and good luck to them, but who knows what goes on behind closed doors. Most of us do the best we can.nellie you are loved on here.

Well, when it comes to newspapers, it depends why you read it. My husband insists on buying the Daily Mail because he believes that you should always read at least one newspaper whose politics you profoundly disagree with, particularly as the DM represents the opinons of a large proportion of the population. We also buy the Independent because it is our kind of paper and is reflective of our views.

Quite separately I think responders to this thread are confusing being predjudiced with being judgemental. They are not the same thing. If I see an incident of bad driving on the roads. I will quickly reach a judgemental decision about the driver involved. If I automatically conclude that because they drive dangerously/stupidly that s/he is also an untrustworthy parther, bad parent, and dishonest employee etc thats the element that introduces the prejudice.

Quite profound !

In a hospital waiting room earlier today I came across a copy of the Daily Mail.

It gave a very balance and non rabble rousing account of the latest news on the Tia murder case.

Generally, it was a bit more gossipy than, say, the Guardian, which I liked.

I must admit I'm at a loss to understand what's detestable about it - it's only one of many daily newspapers and some of its articles are far less biased than those in other papers I could mention. I can't imagine someone's choice of newspaper determining whether I would want to be friends with them or not!

At teacher-training college in the sixties we were gathered together for a talk on what it meant to be a teacher! We were told that whatever background we had come from (gr.) we would be entering the Middle Class!
What nonsense!
I am working class and proud to be so.
At the moment I seldom read a newspaper ( not enough time!) but do catch up on line. Over the years the OG and I have bought the Telegraph (for the crossword, he won several packs of cards!) the Guardian and the Observer.These days we sometimes buy the 'I' which at 20p is a bargain and seems fairly unbiased. My best friend reads theMail and the Times. She is my friend regardless of what she reads!
Having written all that, I'm not sure what it adds to the discussion.... sorry!

It's funny how something that was not mentioned in my opening post has everyone so exercised but not the specifics mentioned ie supposed benefit cheats or people who went to public school.

'We have had various threads where people have expressed their views quite forcefully about which newspaper others read , people who are supposed benefit-scroungers or have been to public school etc, etc, but how good are you at seeing people and situations from a non-prejudiced point of view?'

I think it certainly was mentioned, kittylester!

YES Anagram. I couldn't care less who knows I read the DM. By the time I get to our village shop it's often the best option as they don't stock many newspapers. I look at a different newspapers online most days but I do like to have something I can pick up and put down during the day.
One thing about the DM though is why do they have an obsession with that awful journalist Liz Jones? Anything that requires an investigation or opinion is handed to her on a plate. Maybe I should give up the DM afterall

Kitty,Littlenellie and baNANA .

I am sure we can ALL agree nobody on G.N. is better than anyone else.

Maybe it's time when we debate for us ALL to remember to think before we type. I will try to do as I suggest.

I wish there was a symbol for fingers crossed! [SMILE]

pogs,

kitty, that's correct. You didn't mention the DM

POGS

pogs

Thank you, Pogs,

But certainly which newspapers others read.

This was an interesting thread without too much harmony which is sometimes deadening for discussion, but has now descended into who is better than anyone else on GN.
I'm sure many of us couldn't care less, we write because we like to state our point of view and read about others.

Which amounts to the same thing on here!