Judging others from a distance is easy, lazy and more often than not, diminishes the self, all the while hiding behind a wall of self righteousness.
Understanding others does not mean agreeing with them. It is an underused facet of our imaginative powers to inhabit the worlds of other people. To walk their streets and share their spaces is to do a service to ourselves and others.
The more we all experience about each other the more we all learn, grow and become less defensive and ultimately able to disagree with each other in a way that doesn’t tear each other apart.