Very often, in the best reviews, opinion is conveyed without a judgmental word being spoken, because the review's highest business is to initiate intelligent dialogue about the work in question, beginning a discussion that, in some cases, will persist down the years, even down the centuries.
It seems that it's become a pedantic, smug, judgmental word that is unrelated to the rest of one's life and is being so overused as a marketing tool that it has no credibility.
As briefly discussed in my last blog, cognitive distortions (or biases, a slightly less judgmental word) are always in play.
It's an obsolete, religious, judgmental word.
Linguistic hedging might soften the restrictive word "every" into a more inclusive word, such as "eligible". Similarly, the value-laden word "good" might morph into the less judgmental word "grateful". By continuing that trend, we might arrive at something like "eligible grateful boys derive fun". While preserving the utility of EGBDF, we have completely lost the thrust of its meaning.
With this sort of thought fixated in a person's mind, the safest course of action is inaction which can resemble the judgmental word, "lazy".
The blaming, shaming, judgmental words that come out of our mouths create resentment in our children and make them less likely to cooperate with us.
He said three rules that could improve conversations online were to avoid monologues, replace lazy, judgmental words, and cut personal attacks particularly when emotions were high.
What is as distressing as these judgmental words being shared around the world on social media is the fact that women and men still accept this irrational, misguided, patriarchal thinking of how a woman should look as real and valid.
Don't use judgmental words.
A judgmental attitude shows through without saying a word.
