If I expect to be treated courteously and respectfully, then I absolutely owe them the same.

by Fresh_Education_5060 3 hours ago

For some reason people think if they share they'll lose.

by Anonymous 3 hours ago

When we say we don't owe people anything, we mean beyond the bare minimum. You get a basic level of my respect, that's it. You start from there, and either gain or lose, that's up to your actions.

by Anonymous 3 hours ago

Thats what some people say.

by Anonymous 2 hours ago

Every building you walk into, every sidewalk you walk on, every meal you eat, it's all thanks to strangers. Makes me sad when people are scared of their neighbors. Can't improve a community that way.

by dandreolson 2 hours ago

No one has ever achieved anything completely by themselves......EVER

by lavernedouglas 2 hours ago

I've met a whole lot of strangers who turned to be extremely unworthy of respect or dignity which is why it must be earned. This world contains some people who are malevolent psychopaths...are they deserving of respect and dignity? Not to me. I do treat every stranger with a minimum level basic decency and am even the kind of person who acts with (what today would be considered) very high politeness but do I actually feel dignity or respect for randoms? Not a centilla until they proven their worth to me. I have given far too many people the benefit of doubt and it has done nothing but hurt and haunted me. I feel like this a conclusion most people come to eventually once they're kindness has been taken advantage of too many times.

by Anonymous 1 hour ago

Over the course of my life I have come to the exact opposite conclusion. I've been through a lot and fully expect to be taken advantage of in the future by people up to no good, of course, but I have just found most people to be surprisingly good in their own little ways and that extending respect and dignity to everyone pays off for us in the end. You have to guard your spirit, but being overly wary won't protect you from people who would really harm you, it just dims your own light. Hurts you more than anyone else.

by Vast_Finish 1 hour ago

I don't OWE someone those things. I just do it because it's the right thing to do. No one is owed anything but being left alone, safely. Not everyone will reciprocate it, and those people deserve nothing. Since you can know who would and who would t reciprocate, no reason to give them respect beyond what the circumstances call for. People doing their job, of course. Strangers just on the street that you see and have no need to interact with? Not required.

by Anonymous 1 hour ago

yea dude let me respect the people that want to deport my family, lol

by Anonymous 56 minutes ago

No you still don't owe anybody anything, the world is a better place when people treat each other with kindness and respect and dignity for sure but you don't owe that to anyone. Your idea that I owe you something because that's the way you want things to be is unrealistic. Respect is not owed it is earned, most of us hand it over automatically but it is not owed.

by Anonymous 36 minutes ago

Maybe I'm just misunderstanding you, but this reads like I should be a people pleaser

by Anonymous 34 minutes ago

being a people pleaser (going out of your way to appease people) ≠ giving people basic human respect and grace

by Anonymous 4 minutes ago