"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 they’re being fair but they aren’t, and it’s not okay."

-a 15yo autistic girl experiencing ABA therapy

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  • MnemnosyneEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I see three possibilities:

    One, you have a different definition of conservative than what is currently the general definition of that label in the US.

    Two, you’re lying.

    Three, you’re in a country other than the United States and therefore ‘conservative’ doesn’t mean the same thing in general to you.

    Quick test: if you agree with or vote for any US Republican politician, you’re just lying. In any other case, there may be a misunderstanding.