Feif Un,
believer3, you just made a bigger statement about your community: “We judge you based on how you dress, not on how you act.”
Where in believer3’s message did he or she state that the community judged people based on how they dress and not how they acted?
Clothing does not tell you who someone really is. How a person dresses, however, makes a statement about how he or she wants to be perceived by others. If one wants to communicate that he means business, he wears a business suit. If one wants to appear as more relaxed or casual in a work setting, he might go without a tie and jacket.
I agree that we should not judge others based on externals, but all clothing sends a message. Wearing a leather jacket over a shirt with a skull on it is equivalent to putting a sign around your neck reading, “Hi, I am a biker.” And if, in a particular commununity, everyone wears black slacks, a pair of jeans does send a message, not because jeans are bad or the person wearing them is bad, but because the jeans stand out. Just like I stand out at work because I wear a kippah and have tzitzis hanging out.