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RE: Who Are Our Elders? Respect Is Earned
I think defining respect is so crucial because in terms of who do i honor, follow, emulate, learn from, i think you are absolutely right. Then i feel like there's a basic respect of honoring someones humanity and having compassion for their suffering, basic dignity kind of stuff thhat everyone deserves. A lot of people have done both good and bad, and we never know how they got to be like that. Basically i think respect should maybe be split into two words.
yeah! i felt like making a caveat like this at the end. i mean in real life, i'm super respectful in that second way you mention to everyone and for the reasons you mention~ we're all humans here doing our best. on the other hand, there is a special honoring for these individuals. great point and i agree.
Exactly. So, what shall the new word be? I think the new one should be for the elder heroes.
hmmmm..... good question!! they're definitely my inspirations and the ones i look up to most! i'm not sure what the alt respect verb is, but i'll still call these my Tribe elders! <3
I think tribe elders is perfect because it means we align with them as our tribe.