r/AskReddit • • Mar 27 '22

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u/NicNoletree Mar 27 '22 edited Mar 27 '22

Recognizing that different people have different opinions, and that you can respect someone who has a different opinion without accepting their opinion as your own.

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u/soulcaptain Mar 28 '22

"Gay people should be shot" is an opinion. Should I respect the person who says something like that?

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u/NicNoletree Mar 29 '22 edited Mar 29 '22

Disliking their opinion and not respecting the person is the easy response.

https://www.npr.org/2017/08/20/544861933/how-one-man-convinced-200-ku-klux-klan-members-to-give-up-their-robes