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CMV: Everyone (yes, EVERYONE) deserves to be treated with respect.

Yes, that includes the telemarketer that interrupted your dinner. Yes, that includes the waiter that screwed up your order. Yes, that even includes the mass murderer.

I have the hardest time thinking this when it comes to the most heinous of criminals, the sexual abusers / assaulters, and when I say they ought to be treated with respect, I do NOT mean we don't punish them or that we don't do everything in our power to stop them from doing this. But notice how we don't torture these criminals and even have laws against that. We still give them a trial, a chance to prove their innocence, and we still keep them alive in at least neutral circumstances. We don't subject them to brutal labor or any brutal treatment of any kind.

The big thing here is...where do you draw the line? The one that, once crossed, allows you to be a total dick to someone else? I guarantee that it's entirely arbitrary and is directly correlated to your level of patience. There are plenty of people out there who understand that when the waiter screws up your order, he might be swamped, might be utterly exhausted from being a single parent, or might just be human just like you and therefore imperfect. So just because you are someone who fails to really weigh these things in your head, why does that give you the right to be a dick? I almost always hear excuses for rude behavior like "oh I just had a really long day" or "oh well I've had trouble with other people at this place and I'm just sick of it". Those are YOUR problems, not the problems of whoever you took out your displeasure on. Why should it be my problem that you lack patience, especially if I'm someone who has exercised a great deal of it over my life, even when I really didn't want to?

I really don't see why we can't treat everyone else with respect. I don't see why you could look at a person's stance on a single political issue and declare him to be an idiot, encompassing his entire intellect, or even delusional (my personal favorite. Delusion is a medical condition and it's extremely rare in its actual form, but there sure seem to be a lot of doctors out there who can diagnose it successfully?).

Long story short, you don't know the life story of the people you may choose not to respect, and I bet if you sat down and listened to them (and I mean REALLY listened to them), you would regret ever not giving them the respect they deserve, just as we all deserve it.

CMV.
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There's two way people use respect.

The respect you give for a fellow human.

The respect you give for an authority figure like an elder, police officer, or parent.

If it's treating people with basic decency of humans, I'd be inclined to agree.

If respect is in regards to their position, I'd be inclined to disagree.

Respect of an authority figure is dependent on their wisdom in that position. If they show themselves incompetent or ill equipped for their position, they don't deserve the respect the position might otherwise receive.