I think you are confusing respect with basic courtesy and human decency. But beyond basic courtesy, it's not as if he or she must be respected by default.
Ultimately, I think the only way to truly earn someone else's respect is to put in the effort to develop yourself into a person worthy of it.
Despite that here is a place that we don't see each other image, if really we see each other live, you would have understand that respect doesn't be measured base on what you contribute to the society that lights, but base on who you are. Yes i can agree with you that we earn a respect due to your activities but it's not a necessary or necessities that if you have not done what that make you to deserve respect you not earn it, you are just seeing it with one sided understanding.