this post was submitted on 16 Apr 2024
1223 points (98.4% liked)
Microblog Memes
5778 readers
2304 users here now
A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.
Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.
Rules:
- Please put at least one word relevant to the post in the post title.
- Be nice.
- No advertising, brand promotion or guerilla marketing.
- Posters are encouraged to link to the toot or tweet etc in the description of posts.
Related communities:
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Sometimes people also use respect to mean they think you should give them respect
Respect is to be earned, not given.
Depends on the meaning. Half of what the original post content was as about the multiple meanings of respect. There is a respect of the sort that one acknowledges based on conduct, trustworthiness and aptitude sure... But when people tend to talk about respect this way they are using a completely different understanding of usage that involves basically not being an ass towards someone which is what most people are referring to when they talk about "basic level respect".
The idea is that a person should be freely given get a basic level of civility and consideration. A more neutral version of respect we generally might refer to otherwise as courtesy. This is in the ideal espoused not something to be earned but to be given freely and only removed proportionally in retaliation if the person is discourteous first.
Golden rule mechanics. The world becomes a better place if everyone offers courtesy freely. Some places take this to a more extreme end. It's why some places just have the general expectation that people will follow the rules and they are basically right. They got there by making courtesy ie respect for other people and property not just a cultural norm but a point of pride .
Respect is given, in reasonable amounts, to everyone. Then they can gain more or lose it.
Regard is given, in near infinite amounts, to everyone. At least by people who are worthy of respect.
Depends where you are. I’ve grown up in that kind of culture and appreciated it - then moved somewhere where respect wasn’t given by default and you had to earn it. Same goes with trust, to some extent.