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If we don't have some base level of respect for people just because they're people ("for solely existing") then we can justify treating marginalized people even
by ElevenLathe 4y ago
If we don't have some base level of respect for people just because they're people ("for solely existing") then we can justify treating marginalized people even worse than we already are. Some of them already have it pretty bad! Seems evil!
- dahfizz 4y agoThis goes back to OPs point about devaluing the concept of respect. I'm generally polite to stangers I meet. Not because I respect them (how could I? I don't know them), but because it's morally good to behave decently. By conflating respect with basic manners/decency, you really devalue what it means to deserve respect and to be respected.
- dexwiz 4y agoYou treat others with dignity.