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[–]LasagnaRossa 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

These people keep misinterpreting the meaning of respect.

You can respect the humanity of someone without agreeing with their opinion.

I respect my religious friends, but I still think they believe in bullshit. My respect is expressed by not telling in their face my atheistic opinion without being asked first. On online forums I do. Respect is preserved.

In the same way I respect trans people and their pronouns, but I still think they believe in bullshit. My respect is expressed by not telling in their face my gender critical opinion without being asked first. On online forums I do. The respect is preserved.

That's it, that's simple.

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They don't misinterpreted the meaning. Respect has 2 common meanings in English and they use the 2 interchangeably in the same argument purposely to confuse their intentions.

https://kottke.org/18/05/the-respect-of-personhood-vs-the-respect-of-authority