• CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      I differ between respect for people as human beings and respect (tolerance, if you will) for their ideas and actions

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        8 months ago

        Sure, it’s possible to respect someone at a baseline human level while also not agreeing with their actions. That doesn’t encompass tolerance as I understand it, so let me run these by ya:

        If you don’t respect someone’s ideas or actions, what would you intervene and prevent them from doing, if anything? What decisions would you trust them to make for themselves? How much effort would you put into empathizing with them?