Comment Re:Really?!? (Score 1) 1448
Ah ha! Now I see the problem. You think we're judging him as moral shit simply because he has a different opinion. That's not it at all. It's the specific opinion he that he holds that we judge him for. And more to the point, it's the actions he takes as a result of those opinions that we judge him for. I don't judge him based on whether we have the same taste in food or music or art. I judge him because he has expressed a desire to take away the rights of another group.
And, again, you really are just wrong about the definition of prejudice. It absolutely requires judging without evidence. That's where the "pre" comes in. It's unrelated to his rationale or his other opinions. Now, for instance, if I assumed that because he's a homophobe he's also a racist, that would be prejudice. If I assumed he's a racist because he expressed his opinion that black people are inferior to whites, that's not prejudice, it's just standard garden variety judgement.
I've no doubt that Card has some rationale for why he wants to take away the rights of gays. But just because you have a reason for being a certain way, doesn't mean you aren't that way. If he's a homophobe, then he's a homophobe regardless of his reason, just like if you're Christian, then you're Christian regardless of your reasons. So again, if he has confirmed himself as a homophobe, which he has, then judging him as such is not prejudice, no matter what rationale he has.