Dang, I never noticed that about the earlier seasons and I never thought about   
   the show being comforting in that sense, but it rings true to me. I think   
   Mulder doesn't judge the monsters because he knows what it's like to be judged   
   and not fit in. He is    
   essentially a "human monster" to his coworkers. Though they may not fear him,   
   he's a joke and a loon to them, he's Fox "Spooky" Mulder, to them he is   
   nothing more than their first impression of him, the crazy guy who brought up   
   alien vampire babies    
   during the kidnapping briefing. He is nothing more than their moniker for him.   
   In the same way that many monsters in the show seem dangerous/scary at firt   
   glance, *they* may be the one who is scared, and it is the first impression of   
   them that is wrong.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)