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Screenshot of a Tumblr post by stimmyabby: "Sometimes people use "respect" to mean "treating someone like a person" and sometimes they use "respect" to mean "treating someone like an authority" and sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say "if you won't respect me I won't respect you" and they mean "if you won't treat me like an authority I won't treat you like a person" and they think…

Two Meanings of Respect, Explained on Tumblr

A viral 2016 Tumblr post splits "respect" into treating someone like a person versus like an authority. A thoughtful read for anyone raised on "respect your elders."

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Screenshot of a Tumblr post by stimmyabby: "Sometimes people use "respect" to mean "treating someone like a person" and sometimes they use "respect" to mean "treating someone like an authority" and sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say "if you won't respect me I won't respect you" and they mean "if you won't treat me like an authority I won't treat you like a person" and they think…

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