Respect Is Earned, Not Given

The belief that one is ENTITLED.

They equate being rice or famous or being a celebrity means those automatically gives them respect… it does not.

Treats others as you wish them to treat you.

Treat us with respect, you will earn our respect.

Treat us as being below you, (Hey Brie!  none for your films/ideas are made for human consumption), well I don’t have to tell you what The Big Banana Jeremy has to say on that… with what over 200 vids and counting.

Respect is a two way street. Both parties must earn the respect of each other! A big part of that is even if you both disagree on something you should respect the others belief. There use to be a time where Politics, Sex and Religion were topics not talked about for damn good reason, they do nothing but destroy friendships and families.

But here we have it now, the most divisive issues, ones that have causes Wars in the past are again front and center. Again they are causing hatred, division and mistrust. They have caused life long friends to separate, they have causes family members to stop speaking and Yes there have even been attacks and murders because of them.

Respect is not longer about the person, but about their views vs your views, and if they are not with you and do as you say and think. They are the enemy. Respect is earned, but it is earned through actions and time. It is earned most when two people are on completely opposite ends of an issue and they can sit down, talk about it, come to some type of mutual arrangement or conclusion. In the end they walk away still friends.

The normality / common sense back in the day was that people would get along even if they had different ideals or opinions. The important thing was being a good person, having a good heart. If you see someone hurt are you gonna help them or not, that’s what makes a difference.    Well, Not anymore…

Right now, they want to normalize division. If you find someone with a different opinion you should censor them and stay away. People who don’t promote what they want are evil and need to be destroyed. This is what they preach.

yeah, it’s a disgrace. :(

Sometimes i try to think positive… but I wonder… if those people see someone in the street being assaulted/robbed, I’m really not sure if they would step up right away and help or if they would 1st check what’s the ethnicity of the victim or even ask them if they voted for trump of if they’re wearing a mask (lol). It’s this bad…
That doesn’t happen in “the other side”, I see patriots saving lives every time, no matter who needs help.

@SuperSpynic_Speed

I don’t believe being gay is wrong. I did not say that. No one’s existence is wrong. I said the lifestyle is wrong, meaning the sexual activity.

And while I am a Conservative I am also a Libertarian. Yes, I believe the activity is wrong. However, ultimately, that’s between you and the Lord.

In short, you do you, just don’t except me to celebrate it.

As far as it being an outdated thought, I am quite sure the Devil would want everyone to think the entire Bible is foolishness and that there is no such thing as right and wrong.

As I mentioned in another post their is either a standard for human behavior or there isn’t. If we “move the bar” constantly on that then there is essentially no standard and the logical conclusion is anything goes. And I think you are already seeing that effect in the world today.

Please do not misunderstand this as an argument with you. It is simply a discussion. We can agree to disagree, that’s no problem.

@Digicat

I am quite sure a pedophile believes he/she is “loving” a child and not at all harming them. I am sure the rioters who looted and burned stores in the various liberal cities in the US did not believe they were harming anyone either, in fact I am certain they believed they were helping.

And this is my point exactly. Either right and wrong is subjective (which means it essentially does not exist) or we follow a strict code that does not change. I personally like to stick to the one set of rules not man made which are the 10 commandments, IE Christian/Jewish values.

This is not to say legality and morality are the same thing. I am speaking morally here and ethically not about laws. Of course laws should reflect the code but one should not equal the other of course.

@DigiCat

I 100% fully understand what you are saying and to a large degree I agree with it. I am playing Devils advocate and trying to demonstrate that right/wrong cannot be subjective and often times it is and it causes a creep of more wrong things seen as right.

Another example. FGM is seen by many as a barbaric practice. And I believe in much of the US is specifically illegal. However, in a number of Muslim communities in the US it goes on because they deem it as not something that is wrong even though I believe you or I could easily make the argument it causes harm. And I have seen more than 1 story how in those communities (who like to vote in politicians that support them) people look the other way.

Again, I am on the same page with you I am just trying to show there is a creep in right/wrong because it has been deemed subjective.

“Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.”
― William Penn