Judge not, that you be not judged.  For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.  Matthew 7:1-2

We hiss through gritted teeth whenever we hear some liberal fool misinterpret the most over-quoted and least understood admonishment from the mouth of our Lord: “Judge not, lest ye be judged.”  It is Matthew 7:1, and usually it is used to dodge guilt over some sexual sin or the temptation to do away with the natural consequence thereof.  You don’t tend to hear people use it to shield from the sting of moral disapproval those such as the following: Ponzi-scheming Wall Street swindlers, racists, violent gay-bashing mobs, serial rapists/murderers especially of women and more especially of young children (at least those who have already been expelled from their mother’s wombs).  Certain sins, and certain classes of sinners…