It is relevant as you advocated respect, which needed defining, and represent the class of Catholics who believe they were putting forth their best efforts in punishing them by physical means under Rome's claim to coercive jurisdiction, after the manner of the Inquisitions, etc., and seem to affirm that level of obedience, and thus illustrate what kind of "respect" that can lead to.
Yes, respect for the heretic includes taking his heresy and the consequences thereof seriously. I know I would.
Obviously it is how that translates into action that is the issue.
Of course. I am Catholic. If you have a question about respect, I will try to answer. If you want to make flamebait posts about the Holy Inquisition, find a relevant thread; on this thread I will ignore it as I ignore all Protestant trolling.