There’s respect for someone as a person who deserves all their human rights as I believe everyone does regardless of their behavior. Then there’s respect for someone’s ability to do or understand something, and that depends entirely on whether they can demonstrate their knowledge or ability in my subjective opinion. I can respect someone as a person even if I don’t respect their ability to, for example, argue the finer points of literary analysis.
Is simply being a living breathing person sufficient to garner your respect?
My default is to respect all people. It’s on you to lose my respect.
So “yes, unless”.
Well there you go.
Let’s also be clear that people should be respected, unless…
Opinions however are another matter. You don’t have to respect someone’s opinions to respect him.
Unless his opinions are his whole self, but then it goes into the category of the ‘unless’ i can’t respect.
There’s respect for someone as a person who deserves all their human rights as I believe everyone does regardless of their behavior. Then there’s respect for someone’s ability to do or understand something, and that depends entirely on whether they can demonstrate their knowledge or ability in my subjective opinion. I can respect someone as a person even if I don’t respect their ability to, for example, argue the finer points of literary analysis.