Who are some of the people you respect?

[phee]

Alive, Dead, Personally Know, Don't Personally Know etc...

How are some of the people who you seem to find yourself on the same page as, agreeing with, understanding, admiring, etc....

Here are some of mine:

Henry Rollins

Bill Maher

Clive Barker

Kathryn Bigalow

Mark Twain

Ambrose Bierce

Roger Ebert

Susan B. Anthony

Richard Dawkins

Stephen Hawking

George Carlin

to name a small handful

Others? Thoughts?

[Destroit]

My Boshy, Pestilence, Ogre, some area DJs, fellow moderators.

But, mostly, I respect myself for winning 26 years straight, and continuing on with the tradition into the future.

[phee]

My Boshy, Pestilence, Ogre, some area DJs, fellow moderators.

But, mostly, I respect myself for winning 26 years straight, and continuing on with the tradition into the future.

I always thought you and Ogre were in very different spots politically... lol

[Destroit]

I always thought you and Ogre were in very different spots politically... lol

I respect you immensely, and we are also in very different spots, politically and spiritually.

Most people I respect aren't people that agree with me, ironically enough.

[phee]

I respect you immensely, and we are also in very different spots, politically and spiritually.

Most people I respect aren't people that agree with me, ironically enough.

Why thanks!

[Slogo]

[Rayne]

Most people I respect aren't people that agree with me, ironically enough.

I'm with Cher on that one.

I don't really find myself able to answer this question because people I respect and agree with are *usually* not hand in hand.

[torn asunder]

my issue is, i have respect for certain *ideals* or thoughts/beliefs of certain people, but we're all fallable, and my respect for a person can only go so far. i'm sure that everyone has traits/issues with which i would disagree/not respect as well...

[Simon Bar Sinister]

that one woman from the '70s.

[Fierce Critter]

Sticking to respect and NOT admiration - they are different areas of consideration for me (in no particular order):

My father

Abraham Lincoln

Two sisters in particular

A friend I made last year who is a college English professor

Nancy, my former therapist

My husband

The current Dalai Lama

Dr. Joy Browne

Chrissie Hynde

Cyndi Lauper

Myself

The creator of Farmville

Ok. That last one was a joke.

[Glory13666]

So many of my nursing instructors

[Guest Megalicious]

Mrs Melina Roberts- U of M Pedis nurse and long time mentor.

Dr. David Shier, ex professor and mentor.

George Price

Robert Krulwhich

My Brother

Dr. Oliver Sacks

Florence Nightingale

Jean Piaget

Richard Feynman

Einstein

Marie and Pierre Curie

Louis Pasteur

Archimedes

Aristotle

W.D. Ross

Charles Hall

Roger Kornberg

David Phoenix

Charile Kaufman

Really too many to list.....

Edited September 7, 2011 by Megalicious

[taysteewonderbunny]

Oh. THAT list. I was thinking the list was 'men named Enrico.'

[Troy Spiral (13)]

For some reason Bill Hicks and Einstein popped into my half awake mind.

But really, almost everyone (problem we have here is failur to communcate... "respect" has a lot of different meanings), we are all in this together this idea of "separate" is just a matter of perspective, so regardless I respect somone/thing that is part of a whole, not individual it all exists as a unified whole.

Minus maybe a dozen or so huge douchebags & baggettes , that while they may be in this with us (even "us" is implying a separation from the rest of reality), they are screwing it or screwed it up and/or just plan don't get it. Maybe they will one day. Try as I might my ape-brain doesn't fully Grok the idea I was trying to get across in the previous paragraph. Sort of like explaining spacetime.

People in particular? *ponders to self for awhile trying to stay awake* ...meh, I miss the GF that died in a car accident and my dad. Sleeeep must have sleeep...

[Guest Megalicious]

Oh. THAT list. I was thinking the list was 'men named Enrico.'

[Vater Araignee]

Red Green and I don't mean Steve Smith.

[Tyger]

Firefighters, Police officers, Paramedics, Nurses, Doctors, and everyone else that saves lives.

[taysteewonderbunny]

I like to think that I have a basic level of respect for almost everybody. In every one I know, I can usually find some things I admire about them and desire to emulate. In nearly everyone I know, there are some qualities or quirks I think need to be reworked but are not my prerogative to change and I should just let be.

I remember hearing when growing up that it was important to "be careful who your heroes are," for "you have diminished yourself in some way." For a long time, I remembered that because I thought it was the stupidest thing I had ever heard.

It wasn't until later that I realized that it could mean a couple of things that make a good deal of sense.

The first is that when we idolize people, we forget that they are just people. We set ourselves up to be disappointed when the real and human truth about them comes to light. Or, when these things do come to light, we censor them out of our story of this person. Scarcely do we remember that Ghandi disowned his gay son or that Einstein was a really poor spouse, or that Wittgenstein was censured for physically abusing the school children he taught.

Secondly, we tend to abase ourselves in relation to our heroes and overlook many of the same qualities and assets we possess that can allow us to do great things. Buddha was just a man. He didn't believe in gods and was frustrated that he was so idolized in his lifetime because what he taught he thought everyone was capable of practicing. Even Rosa Parks, who is generally thought of in this really sort of folksy way that she just happened to be on the bus and just happened to take a stand, was just a person, but just a person who decided to be part of a group that orchestrated the protest and chose her to make take that stand.

What it comes down to is this: Now that you know who you love, how are you making what you love about them part of your life and self-image? When you walk by the river and see someone drowning, are you prepared to do something about it? Or if you have a dream that could help change the world for the better, are you ready to start taking the little steps necessary to make it happen? What is keeping you from being a hero? It certainly isn't your humanity.

[Fierce Critter]

Lots of stuff

Yeah, but who do you respect?

Just kidding. You make some excellent points. It was hard for me to think of people I respect because I don't generally see anyone as being really superior to myself. Not that I think I'm all that, far from it. I just don't idolize people beyond those who have directly touched me - thus the family members on my list.

People can, however, impress me, sometimes with a behavior, though process, action, etc that I find respectful because I might not necessarily find myself altruistic, smart or brave enough to do the same.

I was heavy duty into making music for most of my life. And people seemed to think this meant that I would be all gaga to meet famous musicians or celebrities. Far from it. I see professional or famous musicians as nothing more than co-workers, really. Much better paid co-workers. But not really above me in some way just because they've "made it." If I were to encounter, say, Robert Smith, or Ringo Starr or Paul McCartney, I don't think I'd do more than smile and say, "thanks for the music." I have nothing really I want to know from them, don't need their advice, don't need to feel like I've somehow "touched greatness" by rubbing elbows with them.

Cyndi Lauper made my list for several reasons. Not the least among them being her work with and for the GLBTG community. I did meet her once. I was mostly excited because I had a demo tape in a gift package I came prepared with "just in case" and the timing and circumstances were perfect. I shook her hand, said, "Thanks for the music," smiled and handed her the package. She thanked me back, smiled, and got on the bus with the tape in hand. For all I know, it ended up right in a trash can, but who knows, and no big deal.

Chrissie Hynde has always been the only female in rock and roll to earn my respect because she did what she did without stooping to flashing her tits or taking a back seat to men. Among other reasons.

[Slogo]

Jesus (provided he was real, even if not he is a groovy character)

My parents (put up with me for 3 decades and see if I'm still alive)

Martin Scorsese

Gary Oldman

Neil de Grasse Tyson

Hawking

Carl Sagan

Antonin Dvorak

(Get ready for historical figure en masse)

Augustus Caesar

Pericles

Cyrus the Great

Darius I

Peter the Great

Hannibal Barca

Napoleon Bonaparte

SPA (if you've ever taken a philosophy class you know this)

Sulieman the Magnificent

Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb

Many U.S. presidents (Just guess which ones aren't)

Winston Churchill

George Marshall

Jerry Cantrell

Too many that I forgot

[n0Mad]

After just watching another episode of Deadliest Warrior, I'm going to have to add Spetsnaz to my list.

[Slogo]

After just watching another episode of Deadliest Warrior, I'm going to have to add Spetsnaz to my list.

[bean]

There are 3 therapists at work that I have immense respect for because of their intelligence, empathy, selflessness, and genuine desire to help clients inprove their lives. They inspired me to go into the field, and I can only hope to someday be as great of a therapist as they are.

There are a few professors that I've had in grad school that I have respect for because of their intelligence, dedication, openness, and desire to help others.

When I was an undergrad, there were 2 professors I had great respect for because they were phenomenal writers and also had an ability to inspire and encourage their students to be great writers as well.

Others I respect (this is not a complete list because I know there are others that I'm forgetting):

Fritz Perls

William Glasser

Viktor Frankl

Nietzsche

The current Dalai Lama

Edited September 8, 2011 by bean

[Fierce Critter]

Adding to my list:

Deanna, a former schoolmate. She went on after graduation to specialize in helping special needs children. She deals with a son with his own special needs, not least among them Tourette's Syndrome. She's fluent in sign language. Her political stance mirrors my own almost identically, and she's way more eloquent than I am in discussing it. I've never met a more patient and empathetic mother. She waaay rocks.

[Tyger]

You have my respect, until you lose it...