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Very sad, scary first-person commentary you give there!

And to be fair, it doesn't apply to all students. Some come in opinionated, willing to take a stand that A is good and B is bad. Some of them are even willing to rethink their positions when challenged. But they're a minority. I wish I had some way of determining which students are likely to be so non-"judgmental," and some good ideas on how to persuade them that making judgments is a key part, indeed the logical end stage, of the "critical thinking" that all teachers seem to think so highly of.

I wish I had some way of determining which students are likely to be so non-"judgmental," and some good ideas on how to persuade them that making judgments is a key part, indeed the logical end stage, of the "critical thinking" that all teachers seem to think so highly of.

My hope is that the campus 'radicals' of the next few years - those willing to challenge the accepted gospel - will be conservative. They may be attracted to the ideas of David Horowitz, for example. It is not possible to be a trend setter these days by moving even farther left.

Refusing to make a 'judgment' only seems to apply to traditional American values. Judgmentalism prevails on any of the green, gay, or preferred-by-the-New-York-Times 'core values.'
Maybe you could show dual lists of ideas where groupthink prevails, and where students believe that they are being 'non-judgmental.'