You should respect EVERYONE until you've been given a clear reason to not.

People don't have to EARN respect. You should treat people with respect because that's the decent fucking thing to do. Sure people can lose your respect, but if you go into every encounter of your life thinking that other people need to EARN respect from you, then you're just a shitty person with a superiority complex.

Given the bullshit that usually gets posted here, maybe this concept will ACTUALLY be an unpopular opinion among all the edgelords.

Edit: I see a lot of people posting the definition of the word respect and arguing semantics. You must be a lot of fun at dinner parties.

Edit2: Last thing I’ll point out (and this may be the trulyunpopular opinion), but I believe that if we as humans respected each other more (and yes, I mean exactly in the high-esteem/honorific sense), the world would be a MUCH better place.