Therefore you don’t understand what Elizabeth meant by saying that most vegans are not judgemental.
You would like to understand what Elizabeth meant.
I tried to help you understand by pointing out that the relevant definition of judgemental specifies harsh judgement, and most vegans do not judge harshly. From context that is what I think Elizabeth meant.
Good luck with your quest for understanding. I’m sorry I wasn’t able to help.
In my comment, (1) was ~”most vegans believe others are acting immorally.” The same isn’t true of OP’s other examples, like polygamists.
To elaborate more, I’d be confused in the same way by this labeling of, e.g., someone who opposed historical slavery but wasn’t loud about their beliefs every time they encountered it. Like, to me the central case of “A judges B” is “A thinks B is not living up to moral standards to the degree it’s reasonable to expect/hope others to”.
I think vegans are quiet about their beliefs for reasons that are usually not “they don’t actually think it’s that bad for others to eat animals.” I think the reasons are usually things like, “it wouldn’t help to speak up right now,” “they’d just mock me,” etc.
I read your prior comment as saying:
Vegans make moral judgments
Therefore all vegans are judgemental
Therefore you don’t understand what Elizabeth meant by saying that most vegans are not judgemental.
You would like to understand what Elizabeth meant.
I tried to help you understand by pointing out that the relevant definition of judgemental specifies harsh judgement, and most vegans do not judge harshly. From context that is what I think Elizabeth meant.
Good luck with your quest for understanding. I’m sorry I wasn’t able to help.
In my comment, (1) was ~”most vegans believe others are acting immorally.” The same isn’t true of OP’s other examples, like polygamists.
To elaborate more, I’d be confused in the same way by this labeling of, e.g., someone who opposed historical slavery but wasn’t loud about their beliefs every time they encountered it. Like, to me the central case of “A judges B” is “A thinks B is not living up to moral standards to the degree it’s reasonable to expect/hope others to”.
I think vegans are quiet about their beliefs for reasons that are usually not “they don’t actually think it’s that bad for others to eat animals.” I think the reasons are usually things like, “it wouldn’t help to speak up right now,” “they’d just mock me,” etc.