Everybody has my respect by default, until they make a major fuck-up like Macron did there.

Maybe he fucked up sooner than that, thus not being worthy of respect at that point. But I'm not interested in politics at all so I missed it.

>Everybody has my respect by default

That's terrible, and doubly so when you apply it to politicians.

So if a stranger comes up to you on the street to ask you the time, do you immediately insult them for being an inferior human not deserving of your respect?

In my opinion, not giving respect to fellow humans by default is the terrible choice.

No, I am neutral to them. Respect is earned. But it is a spectrum, not a binary choice.

>In my opinion, not giving respect to fellow humans by default is the terrible choice.

Not every walking person deserves to be called a "fellow human".

He picked up his english teacher. I'm sure all his mates went crazy when he told them.

French teacher. Not that it makes any difference, though.