Absolutely true... Respect is earned, it's not doled out to everyone for no reason. What everyone starts with in a sane world is indifference and then we go from there. I'm sure lots of people will not understand what I'm saying and will take this the wrong way.
Some people end up not deserving any respect of any kind. It's just that kind of world, and it's realist to know that.
“Deserves respect” is just the continuation of the “me” as the center of the universe mentality. It’s people saying that just because they exist, you have to respect them. Honestly, it’s mostly blacks that I have heard this from. They claim they’re being “disrespected”. I was raised that you had to earn respect in life because no one was going to give it to you. It isn’t free.