Judging by outward appearances is a sure road to intolerance; but judging by a brief association or an isolated opinion can be just as misleading.
There’s more to people than a first page, or a first chapter.
Often the automatic categorizing as “enemy” or even “friend” is all that’s needed to shut down further exploration of what that person really is.
Abraham Lincoln said, “I don’t like that man. I’m going to have to get to know him better.”
If only we could make wisdom a law — or act like it was.