this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2023
42 points (97.7% liked)
Politics
1025 readers
1 users here now
@politics on kbin.social is a magazine to share and discuss current events news, opinion/analysis, videos, or other informative content related to politicians, politics, or policy-making at all levels of governance (federal, state, local), both domestic and international. Members of all political perspectives are welcome here, though we run a tight ship. Community guidelines and submission rules were co-created between the Mod Team and early members of @politics. Please read all community guidelines and submission rules carefully before engaging our magazine.
founded 1 year ago
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Until they prove otherwise, I will not view them as worthy of any respect or recognition that I would give a normal person.
You should give everyone respect and dignity, even if they don't. You don't have to accept their views or be nice to them but they deserve the same basic respect and dignity any human being does. Painting this picture of a group of people being beneath your group has historically not worked out in terrible ways. It's not a good or healthy response to political discourse and doing what they're doing has never been a valid justification. If you want to act like they do, then I'm not sure why you wouldn't be with them.
Respect is not something to be freely given, but earned. That is something that I and many others have been taught, and have learned through experience. Dignity can be given, but when you abandon your own dignity you will find others who will not provide it to you.
You seem to exercise the paradox of tolerance. I cannot and will not tolerate the intolerant.