Can you respect someone you don`t like?

midlifebear

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When I was in my early 20s I worked for a terrible, horrible man: a sexist, racist homophobic bully with a big mouth. At one point he provoked me so badly that I responded to one of his brain farts with a sarcastic remark that made him very angry, saying "If you can't respect the man, respect his position".

As someone with a life-long contempt for unfair or arbitrary exercises in authority, I think that taking what he said to heart really helped me grow up. I can think of countless people (bosses, landlords, etc) whom I have disliked but whose position I respected.

It's unfortunate that the meat puppets at FOX FAKE NEWS cannot understand to do that -- especially O'Rielly. I just watched an O'Rielly interview with Obama where he interrupted the President of the USA 48 times. Obviously he has no respect for the office.