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Respect...?
We've all been there.
Now I'm not sure if I'm doing this exactly right, so bear with me...
The question is: WHAT THE FUCK IS IT!?!?
People from subtly different cultures sometimes have VERY different ideas of what it means--say, between the 'lower class' thinker and the 'lower-middle class' Protestant Fundamentalist.
In any case, I think we can all agree that it begins with a basic human respect, formed from the idea that you want to be treated a certain way, and should treat others in more or less that manner. This covers basic human rights, as well as things like not interrupting when the other party spills their bullshit opinions where you might have hard logic. Any other respect is earned through achievement of some sort.
Now mind you, you may be willing to negotiate exactly how hard that logic really is--if the other party is taking the effort to do it better.
But what if they don't?
Is it really disrespectful to not 'allow' someone to be right? And on top of that, how many different ideas of respect do we have out there, anyway?
Is there EVER an instance in which it justifiably ceases to be a two-way street--"give it to get it"? Because whenever it seems that I, personally, am accused of disrespect, it just so happens to be in a situation where the other party/ies expect to receive it in great amounts without treating me as anything CLOSE to an equal.
Which would be fine.... IF THEY EARNED IT FROM ME, PERSONALLY, and not from some sort of delusions of grandeur.
Let's discuss this complicated bullshit, and while we're at it, how does self-respect fall into the mix...? What does it even mean...?
Have fun.
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