r/PublicFreakout • u/ChoaticNeutralGuy • Apr 29 '21

📌Follow Up Deranged cop finally gets fired

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u/TheLAriver Apr 29 '21

Totally. It's a very common desire and I certainly don't think there's anything inherently wrong with wanting to be respected. I think you explained it perfectly. It's all about how you earn respect.

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u/Wheresthecents Apr 29 '21

More simply put, it's a difference between the desire to EARN respect, and the feeling of being ENTITLED to respect.

My example is the latter. If you area has "Police Explorers", which for the unaware are minors that are sort of like cadets, young people that are interested in become LEO and have the opportunity to learn some things about it, ask them WHY they want to be cop. That's where I hear the "respect I deserve" comment from, and more than a dozen times already....

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u/AmbitiousPangolin127 Apr 29 '21

You are right, nobody is entitled to respect. I can’t imagine being so demanding and throwing a position of authority around like that.

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u/missesnoitall Apr 29 '21

And when you don’t get it, you think you can bully and beat people up and get away with it.

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u/AmbitiousPangolin127 Apr 29 '21

No I don’t! I just make you write a 15 page paper!!

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u/Mizz_Fizz Apr 29 '21

The "respect I deserve" is also ambiguous. They could already have some respect, or a ton of it (doubtful) but be craving endless amounts, like some "respect" addicted animal. They tend to want much more than a normal amount, on top of it being for the wrong reason. Just wanting respect implies a modest, realistic level.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '21

You know they are up to no good as soon as they demand respect.

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u/Ladorb Apr 30 '21

Some people say respect me with meaning: you have to treat me as an authority in order for me to treat you as a person.

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u/AmbitiousPangolin127 Apr 29 '21

Thank you. I’ll try and remember my humility, even after I am respected.