I have never prejudged anyone based on age, religion, skin color, etc. Until recently. I don't like who I've become.

I've got new neighbors. I have only met the wife so far, and I like her. But then she mentioned, the other night, that her husband never takes off his Trump hat - and my view of her instantly changed.

When I see anything Trump - a sign in a yard, a bumper sticker, a t-shirt, my hackles are instantly raised. The man is so toxic, and so many people now feel they have "permission" to be bigots, racists, sexists, or just basic assholes. It's socially acceptable now?

The thing is, I know better than to think that everyone who still supports Trump is an asshole. I am sure that many of them, while misguided, are actually good and decent people. But I can't help having an instant, visceral reaction when learning that someone still supports that man.

To be clear, if someone voted for him previously, but has come to the conclusion that that was a mistake, I have no problem.

The worst of it is... despite knowing that it's unfair of me to judge someone based on a single fact, I still do. I am now very wary of my new neighbors. I suspect there's some racism there, or that they want abortion outlawed while reducing aid to young single mothers and defunding programs that would give them access to birth control. Or that they... you get the idea. There has been no indication that they are any of these things. But because he's got an evil man's name on his hat, I mistrust them both.

I very much dislike that I have become this person.