And the humidity, the dirt, the smog in the air, and sunlight reflections/refractions, and mountains, hills, buildings in front of it!! 
(This was not an insult, I’m just joking and it has nothing to add to this thread.)
we don´t need to argue wheter it is a human right or not, since it is officially stated as one by the United Nations. Their establishment is based on the agreement of 193 countries.
So no, I don´t appeal to just some authority.
Because he is a human beeing and therefor a moral beeing. Even criminals are human beeings and therefore have the right to be treated as one.
Human Rights aply to everyone, they make no difference between inocent child or criminal.
https://www.coe.int/en/web/compass/questions-and-answers-about-human-rights
No, its not a straw man argument. It goes together. Newer psychological studies show how much group behaviour can both socially influence and manipulate people. Showing someone respect makes him feel good, accepted even loved. Deliberately held back, it deflects in the other direction.
Individual behavior and decision making can be influenced by the presence of others on a rudament basis. There are both positive and negative implications of group influence based on individual behavior and the shown respect.
Respecting someone’s opinion is when you say 'Well, I respect that, but here is an educated argument as to why I disagree …"
It is not stated as a human right. In the website you linked it states that “promoting respect for human rights is a core purpose of the UN”. However, nowhere in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is it stated that an opinion is required to be respected.
The closest it come to addressing the topic is in Article 19 which states:
“ Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”
Respecting someone’s right to have and express an opinion is not the same as respecting their opinion.
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HOWEVER, if you are an anti-realist and believe there are no objective truths and that truth is established more subjectively - than it may be the case that not respecting a persons individual “truth” is not respecting THEM intrinsically.
This is why definition and foundational points are critical for debate/discussion. You can’t just throw around words with no regard to their meaning - to both arguing parties.
If we don’t agree on the origin from which “truth” flows, we cannot reach agreement on the best way for us to work towards that truth.
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If it really is, could you point me to anything that documents it? I’ve looked on that site and elsewhere, and I can find no mention of UN stating that respect is a human right. They talk a lot about how human rights must be respected, but I hope we both agree that “human rights must be respected” and “respect is a human right” are two different propositions.
Again, you cannot conflate respect and peer pressure just because there’s a correlation between them, or even a causal relationship.
That’s the whole point, I don’t respect that. I don’t respect the opinion that “all left-handed people should be killed”, I don’t respect the opinion that the Earth is flat, and I have yet to see you state why anyone should respect opinions like that. If you’re still conflating the respect for an opinion with the respect for a person or for a person’s right to have or express an opinion, that’s your problem – I’ve clarified it repeatedly.
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But what the people want to know is “would you flag it?” 
Either of those opinions.
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FWIW, I would flag “all left-handed people should be killed”, but I wouldn’t “the Earth is flat”. I disrespect both of those opinions, but for very different reasons.
But that’s just me. The whole point of my point of view is that you don’t have to respect my opinion. That’s what allows me to be so opinionated 
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Respecting a person and an option are not mutually exclusive or inclusive.
I think some people are conflating being polite with having respect for a person or their ideas.
Respect isn’t a binary factor, it’s evaluative. Some people are more respectable that’s others. Some ideas are more respectable than others.
No one should be expected to respect the opinion that the earth is flat. Just like no one should should be expected to respect the opinion that fire is cold.
Both of these ideas would require a world wide conspiracy spanning generations with absolutely no gain. It shows a lack of critical thinking to hold either of those things as true. It’s still good to be polite to people who have those ideas.
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search google for: un human rights respect
you will find it almost on top of the search
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Is respect part of human rights?
Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms that belong to every person in the world, from birth until death. … These basic rights are based on shared values like dignity, fairness, equality, respect and independence. These values are defined and protected by law.19.06.2019
I posted this quote before. But you are free to search for it by yourself. If I could find it, you can too.
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And I think the oposite. I think a lot of people don’t differentiate enough between what someone is saying and how he is acctually acting. This are two very different things. Respecting someones right to have a certain opinion doesn´t mean I have to agree to it or in a worst case szenario have to let something happen. I also can try to activly prevent the spreading of speach hates and such things. Respecting someones right to have a private and personal opinion doesn´t mean I have to accept or support it. It also doesn´t mean its automatically allowed to be talked about in public places because it would violate the law or human rights of others. There are a lot of ways I can counter and acting back if such things happen, including reporting him to law officials for violating or acting against the law if this is the case.
But still as a human beeing that he is (even if he is a bad one), he is entitled to have a personal and private opinion. This is his giving human right. And as long as he sticks to the law and is not spreading hate or violating other peoples human rights it should be respected.
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Yes, I saw that, and that’s why I asked you to point me to anything that documents that the United Nations consider respect to be a human right. That quote doesn’t, because it says that “these basic rights are based on shared values like dignity, fairness, equality, respect and independence”.
Here’s the actual Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations: Universal Declaration of Human Rights | United Nations
The declaration contains a long list of rights spread over 30 articles, and not one of those articles comes even close to saying that you have the right for your opinion to be respected. As the article 19 points out, you have the right to freedom of opinion and expression, and they elaborate that this “includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”
There is nothing in the whole document that stipulates that, if I say the Earth is flat, you don’t have the right to dismiss that opinion as preposterous and uneducated. There is nothing that stipulates that, if I say that all left-handed people should be sterilized, you don’t have the right to dismiss that opinion as inhumane and abhorrent. And there is nothing that stipulates that if you have been abusive to me and my friends, I still have to respect your character and your opinions.
The clue as to why can be found in the quote you like so much – it doesn’t say respect is a right, it says it’s a value.
Both @OctaviousWrex and I have clearly distinguished between respecting an opinion itself and respecting people’s right to hold or express that opinion. In fact, I’ve done it so many times in this discussion, that just quoting each instance would double the length of this post.
At this point, the only two conclusions I can draw is that you either don’t read most of what people write in reply to you, or that you choose to deliberately ignore what is written. Either way, it’s useless to keep the conversation going.
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I’d like to point something out because it is my interpretation that some here are either forming their opinions as they write or are perhaps struggling to effectively communicate their position.
RESPECT necessarily implies deference.
To say you should respect a person’s idea or opinion means you are deferring to that person’s judgement. That is why those of you saying we should respect opinions unequivocally are getting pushback. Respecting an opinion empowers said opinion. This can be good or bad - depending on the opinion. Reserving respect until you have thoroughly tested an opinion is a protection from empowering bad or harmful opinions/ideas.
Respecting others is good and noble, and we should pursue it whenever possible. That doesn’t mean it should be given freely.
Some people here have used language that stems from anti-realist philosophy. Not that that is bad, but you should be careful about what you say, as it has far reaching implications and may not be what you mean. The term “your truth” shifts the power dynamics of argumentation from an abstract point, where both sides can debate around that point scoring points back and forth, to the singular source of you. Where the only way to challenge that truth is to challenge the self. Meaning to prove “your truth” wrong, one would have to attack your ability to arrive at a truth.
To those with this view - not deferring to someone’s judgment via respect automatically is to call into question their ability to make judgements.
Whichever side you are on, in order to convince the other side of the virtue of your method of distributing respect, you would first have to get them to see truth the way you do. Otherwise we are just playing different games simultaneously.
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Very important points, Ulyssi. It makes me think twice about giving certain posts a pass.
In Montreal I interviewed a very famous Flat Earther. He told me of people in my old neighborhood who believed the same way. So I trekked out there to Wolf Lake and spoke to a grocer family from my childhood. The elder, now retired and manning the corner by the fresh goods, swore that all he had seen and all he ever would see was flat. That his relatives had flown in a balloon and had seen only flat told him enough.
Considering he had been running the same market on a dirt road since my childhood and was every bit the embodiment of the store itself, I could respect that viewpoint. I also had enough respect not to argue with an old man in his own shop.
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I don’t want to veer too much off topic, especially considering the nature of the thread, but your story resonates with me deeply.
I agree that there is a practical element to respect in our day to day lives. Even feigning respect by not engaging, I think, could be viewed as a form of respect. Becoming comfortable with our own limited scope and ability to comprehend, then extending that understanding to others when communicating with them is one of the noblest human pursuits.
I have said before I’m not sure what is a more appropriate approach here on the forums. In my personal life I try to live by two philosophies: speak little - say a lot, and speak only to those who are listening.
Given the nature of forums though any idea left unchallenged remains “forever” to influence and be read by an unknown number of people. I don’t necessarily want to debate the friendly old grocer, but neither do I want his proclamations to be the only ones heard. I admit I struggle picking a side of that line at times.
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shrug I would probably flag way more to be honest but that just creates a headache for the moderator. I’m not for censorship but a flag is the only weapon against a keyboard warrior flinging a bag of salt around.
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Salt, I can take. Now when it comes to putrid meat, this thread has taught me I need to flag more. And often. 
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I’ve never flagged anyone. I don’t blame people who do, but it’s just not my thing. If I don’t like what someone has typed, so what? Letters on a screen can’t hurt me. As for removing someone’s ability to flag? If moderators can see someone is abusing it, maybe. That’s their decision, not mine.
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I personally flag spam (random posts that appear from time to time advertising whatever) and overly aggressive posts.
If I am really bothered by something, I flag it for moderation and let the mods deal with it.
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My Admin/Mods days are behind me… I don’t enjoy it.
I read a post I feel is “bleh” I just pass over it and onto next. Delete it from my memory banks and move on. XD
It has to be pretty offensive, for me to flag it.
Then again…I’ve been on Internet since dial up. I grew a backbone and hardskin. So alot of it doesn’t phase me.
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This is literally what appealing to authority is…
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