Unjustly Condemned

Reading Justin's First Apology made me not think that this man was overly revolutionary in his thoughts until I got to chapter four where he discussed persecution of certain people by association. He cries out for reason to allow men to judge men as men, not as x,y, or z, depending on their affiliations. Although he seems to place some sort of elitism on Christians due to their connection with greatness above and beyond everyone, he brings up a point that is still not being fully utilized today. The first judgement people place on others is based on appearance, then after learning more about them, more assumptions lead to a general idea on that individual. And in many cases, one affiliation, like a religious one, could instantly allow for someone to judge more critically of that person. Will we ever be able to live up to this ideal? When will it be that humans will be able to look at each other in the colorblind and religious blind way of Stephen Colbert?