Security Writer :verified: :donor: on Nostr: The concept of respect being ‘earned’ has always bothered me. It only serves as a ...
The concept of respect being ‘earned’ has always bothered me.
It only serves as a weak excuse to treat people poorly until you’ve deemed them ‘good enough’. All sorts of racism, homophobia, xenophobia, and sexism grow from this seed.
I operate on the premise that respect is given until it is lost. And it’s never immediately lost, but eroded after subsequent failings as a human.
It’s easier to say someone hasn’t earned an arbitrary number of imaginary respect points than it is to rationalise why you immediately don’t respect someone.
Furthermore it’s far more reflective of your personal views as to what you consider to be worthy of eroding respect.
It only serves as a weak excuse to treat people poorly until you’ve deemed them ‘good enough’. All sorts of racism, homophobia, xenophobia, and sexism grow from this seed.
I operate on the premise that respect is given until it is lost. And it’s never immediately lost, but eroded after subsequent failings as a human.
It’s easier to say someone hasn’t earned an arbitrary number of imaginary respect points than it is to rationalise why you immediately don’t respect someone.
Furthermore it’s far more reflective of your personal views as to what you consider to be worthy of eroding respect.