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Tags: maxims ∙ respect ∙ individual ∙ label

““The childlike moral binary: only people who hold the all correct positions merit empathy or respect.””

— Dorian Lynskey, 2:50 AM - 2 Apr 2019

Tags: Dorian Lynskey ∙ moral binary ∙ merit ∙ empathy ∙ respect

I've said it before.

Many many, times.

It doesn't stop it from being true.

I'm not fond of the Republicans or the Democrats. But right now, the Republicans aren't demanding that we break the system and submit to their demands.

So here it is, plain and simple.

If you advocate violence, if you aren't willing to work within the system, you aren't entitled. You don't get respect unless you are willing to give respect.

I don't care what you feel. I don't care how right you believe you are. No one person has all the answers. No group has all the solutions.

And NO ONE has the right to impose their views by force. We agree on the rules or we have nothing.

There's no reason to respect you unless you respect others.

Even the ones you disagree with.

Pinned to the top until further notice.

Tags: truth ∙ Republicans ∙ Democrats ∙ violence ∙ within the system ∙ respect ∙ answers ∙ solutions ∙ disagree

❝❝So if elected officials no longer honor the Constitution and rig the game so it isn't possible to elect anyone not approved by national party leadership, what obligations do citizens have to honor and respect the government?❞❞
     — NeoWayland

Tags: maxims ∙ elected office ∙ honor ∙ Constitution ∙ national party leadership ∙ obligations ∙ respect ∙ government

❝❝I'm not allowed to share her story while she still lives, but my mother was amazing. While other women were complaining and expecting someone to save them from Terrible Injustice, Mom faced down the obstacles and changed things. Not by protesting, but by quietly demanding the same respect she gave. I learned the aunts and grandmothers theory of history by watching her. She's retired now (for the fifth time) and I am now her caregiver. I'm still terribly proud of her.❞❞
     — NeoWayland

Tags: maxims ∙ Mom ∙ respect ∙ aunts & grandmothers

❝❝Free speech does not mean shutting the other guy up. It means you talk. It means sometimes you yell at each other and wave your fingers in each other's faces. It means you argue. It means you sit down over drinks and try to understand why they won't listen. It means giving the other the same respect you expect for yourself. At least until they show they don't deserve the respect. Even then, they get to talk.❞❞
     — NeoWayland

Tags: speech wars ∙ talking ∙ yell ∙ argue ∙ listen ∙ respect