R -E - S - P - E - C - T: Who gets it and who decides?

[Jackalope]

I believe that people are deserving of a basic level of respect, up until the point that they aren't - that is, until they do something to deserve losing respect, or even earning disrespect or scorn.

I don't always succeed in living up to this belief, however.

However, I do tend to wince at the way some of us respond to theists.

I do as well, including at myself at times.