Respect is an earned privilege, not a mandate you can force upon others to soothe your fragile ego.
Demanding reverence while displaying nothing but hollow, inconsistent behavior is a pathetic display.
Earn your status through substance, or remain perpetually ignored.

Respect is earned through relentless competence, not demanded by the fragile and insecure.
If you find yourself desperately begging for validation, you have already forfeited your dignity.
Your pathetic insistence on being honored only highlights your fundamental lack of merit.