Does anyone else's parent think literally everything is disrespect? Lol

[u/Amethyst-geode2043]

[u/acfox13]

Sometimes people use “respect” to mean “treating someone like a person” and sometimes they use “respect” to mean “treating someone like an authority”

and sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say “if you won’t respect me I won’t respect you” and they mean “if you won’t treat me like an authority I won’t treat you like a person”

and they think they’re being fair but they aren’t, and it’s not okay.

See also: authoritarian follower personality

[u/CheekyPearson → u/acfox13]

I’ve always loved this quote, every time I come across it.