The judge

Last week, TV personality Ellen Degeneres announced she would be replacing Paula Abdul on American Idol, causing many people to say: "What? How can Ellen judge American Idol? She doesn't even sing! Who is she to judge?"
Who are we to judge?
For the most part, people sit in there homes, watching shows like American Idol, judging people. We call them unfashionable, off-key and all-around bad performers. We act as though we have a right to tear others apart, like they deserve to be ridiculed because they put themselves in the public spotlight.
Ok, but what about the 50-year-old man with the ponytail that works at Walmart and accidentally gives us the wrong change? We call him an old hippie who has made bad life choices, and the best he can do is work at a minimum wage job, where he is still incompetent. What a loser. Does this man deserve judgement?
If there is anyone in the world who has never made a mistake, I would like to meet him or her. We all make mistakes. Yet, we continue to judge our fellow human beings, as if we were somehow perfect, mistake-free and worthy to judge all around us.
It's not that I believe it is possible to never judge others. If it was, we wouldn't have shows like American Idol on TV. I think we should take the mean, vindictive, "it's my right" nature out of judging. No one wants to be on the receiving end of that judgement. I hope that when Ellen starts her new gig on American Idol, she remembers this and judges with grace and kindness. I'm sure she will do her best.