I mean respect in the sense of obedience, not as in an admiration or condoning. Obedience would probably be a better word, common usage to say respect when meaning obedience.
"Obedience" earns zero respect.
"Respect" as a replacement for obey/comply/submit/etc is an old linguistic sham used by thugs to justify situational authority.
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I can not see the link, is it posted somewhere else?
I type slower than a snail these days
Nothing wrong with that, patience is a good virtue to develop, sometimes transactions fail here and I fail to notice it, so I asked in case something got lost in the tubes.
I agree with your basic premise that "respect for authority" is a poor linguistic frame to describe submitting to an authority because of the general willingness and eagerness to obey.
