Anonymous #1 3d

People who show nothing but disdain for other human beings don’t deserve my respect, no. It’s a scale though. I think it’s obvious that straight up Nazis don’t deserve to be respected as people. Why should we be expected to respect people who use Nazi rhetoric to dehumanize immigrants?

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 3d

I’m a bit of an optimist (maybe naively) and I think some of those people can redeem themselves if they genuinely change their behavior and dedicate their lives to making positive change and all that. But someone who is actively trying to harm others has no respect from me. Why should they?

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 3d

I think maybe it also depends on your idea of respect. I presume that also is a scale. I would think that you wouldn’t respect a straight up Nazi by like holding the door for them or inviting them to have a beer or something. But would you respect their human rights? I would think probably yes right? I don’t wanna assume tho

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Anonymous #1 3d

Definitely a scale. And yeah that’s a good question, I guess it gets a bit harder navigating that part of it. I’d say that people don’t deserve to be tortured or killed just for being hateful bigots. I think human rights should go pretty far there. However if someone can be shown to be directly responsible for other real harms to the people they degrade then maybe they shouldn’t have so many protections

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 3d

At that point I think it gets more into the area of legal repercussions than my personal morality though

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Anonymous #2 3d

Personally, I don’t think every opinion is worthy of respect, but every person is. At least that’s me coming from a healthcare professional. And I’d hope anyone in any similar field or who deals with people treat people with respect regardless of beliefs. It’s not easy, but people are complex. And being respectful can make a difference – and it doesn’t have to mean compromising your values.

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Anonymous #2 2d

Well first of all I’ll say that for the statements I was making above, that’s all assuming that I have a reasonable understanding of their character and values. I agree that you can’t/shouldn’t make sweeping character judgements based on a reposted meme or a hat. Especially since the majority of trump voters are really just victims who don’t realize that they’re being scammed

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 2d

As far as healthcare workers go I also agree, but I think that’s what makes those people so heroic. My nurse friends have to put up with genuine trash sometimes but it’s their duty to help everyone and I really commend them for that. I just don’t work in that field so I can afford to be a bit less saintly. I try to give people the benefit of the doubt but I can’t say I don’t operate on generalizations. If I see someone with proud boys merch I’m gonna lose some respect for them right off the bat

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