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Maybe a more appropriate word than "respect" is tolerance. Respect is something that I might have towards the likes of Nelson Mandela or Alexander Solzhenitsyn. I don't think I can be required to have the same response to someone who believes something that appears to be loopy to me. I can, however, be expected to tolerate such diversity of views.
The difficulty of course comes when the person who is demanding respect or tolerance does not afford me the same privilege - and when they claim a special status for their views because they are "religious" or "part of their culture".
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