Respect must be earned. This is not ridiculous. There are many qualities that will earn you respect. Simply being dead is not one of them.
And yes, this is a rant about libs defending the Queen.
Respect must be earned. This is not ridiculous. There are many qualities that will earn you respect. Simply being dead is not one of them.
And yes, this is a rant about libs defending the Queen.
I see what you mean, but I would classify the kind of unconditional respect for another as a human being as being more just basic human decency. Respect is for me something that is added on top of that. I would call the first form of respect “human respect”, the second “individual respect”. “Individual respect” must be earned. “Human respect” is, as you say, a given, but can be lost. I hope that clears things up.
That’s a really interesting way to phrase it. And for sure, I really wasn’t meaning to like…pick on you for your choice there. It’s such a common phrase, I wasn’t incensed you had used it or anything, and I wasn’t meaning to assert you didn’t believe in human respect, as you put it. Just throwing a bit of conversation out there about the way that phrase is used. Appreciate you responding with the way you relate to it.