Respect vs. Freedom

Freedom is something (a privilege) that we are either born with or have granted to us when moving to a free country. Respect in my world is treated the same as freedom. Everyone no matter how young, old, male, female or their nationality gets the same amount of respect in the beginning. Much like freedom, small amounts of respect or even all of it can be lost depending on how you act and conduct yourself.

I am tired of all of these people who are still telling me that respect is either earned, or worse, that someone automatically deserves instant respect or more of it because they are older. To make the statement that it is "earned" sounds like you are implying that people should kiss your ass and put you on a pedestal to get respect because of your age or position in society. I’ve got some news for you, its not going to happen here. When dealing with me I don’t care if you are 60 yrs old and a deacon of the church, you will not get anymore respect from me than a 16 yr old gets. In fact I may be inclined to give you a little less just because there is a large number of you who feels as though being older and a part of the church is your license to look down upon and shit on those whom you feel is lesser than you. A teenager has an excuse, they are a teenager, however if you're much older then you should know better.

Remember that everyone has a heart and soul just like you so treat everyone with the same amount of respect in the beginning and you may be surprised who gives you the most respect and turns out to be the better friend. There are a lot of good people out there that never gets a chance, good people that you may need one day only to find they are no longer there.

roger ely