User blog comment:Ducksoup/Why We Don't Unblock You/@comment-26258387-20150930201223/@comment-1216259-20151002145926

"If you can't treat everyone, including admins, with respect? Then it's you who shouldn't be a user of that wiki."

Problem is "respect" is kind of a slippery word. What finally got me banned for "trolling/disrespect" on a certain nameless Wiki is that I used the phrase "herp derp so useful" policies. After basically being insulted for my "stupid theories" nonstop. On the forum.

(Incidentally, I was right, they corrected their translation a full 2 years later. The only reason it took so long is because they wouldn't listen to any other sources.)

But, while this may be an unpopular opinion, I actually don't really agree with the "everyone is entitled to respect" argument. What ever happened to "respect is earned"? Why am I suddenly supposed to treat every opinion like it's worth taking seriously, even if it's pseudoscientific woo?