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Respect isn't earned. You receive the amount of respect you give. (lemmy.world)
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Every time you interact with someone you should give them a base level of respect. How they respond determines the amount of respect you continue to proceed with.

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[โ€“] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 44 points 1 year ago (15 children)

Slightly disagree.

Every time you interact with someone you should give them a base level of respect.

No. This is true for the first meeting with someone. After that the level of respect is based on their previous behaviour.

Regularly act like a shithead, zero respect required.

Respect is earned. If you don't treat other people, animals, public property etc with respect, you deserve none in return.

[โ€“] tun@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Agree.

  1. Respect has to be earned (you cannot demand)
  2. Give proper respect (don't expect they will reciprocate)

Those are my thoughts.

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